Gemcitabine sensitization by checkpoint kinase 1 inhibition correlates with inhibition of a Rad51 DNA damage response in pancreatic cancer cells.
Gemcitabine sensitization by checkpoint kinase 1 inhibition correlates with inhibition of a Rad51 DNA damage response in pancreatic cancer cells.
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DOI:
10.1158/1535-7163.mct-08-0662
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发表时间:
2009-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Maybaum J
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作者:
Parsels LA;Morgan MA;Tanska DM;Parsels JD;Palmer BD;Booth RJ;Denny WA;Canman CE;Kraker AJ;Lawrence TS;Maybaum J
The protein kinase Chk1 has been implicated as a key regulator of cell cycle progression and DNA repair and inhibitors of Chk1 (e.g., UCN-01, EXEL-9844) potentiate the cytotoxic actions of chemotherapeutic drugs in tumor cells. We have examined the ability of PD-321852, a small-molecule Chk1 inhibitor, to potentiate gemcitabine (Gem)-induced clonogenic death in a panel of pancreatic cancer cell lines, and evaluated the relationship between endpoints associated with Chk1 inhibition and chemosensitization. Gem chemosensitization by minimally-toxic concentrations of PD-321852 ranged from minimal (< 3 fold change in survival) in Panc1 cells, to over 30-fold in MiaPaCa2 cells. PD-321852 inhibited Chk1 in all cell lines, as evidenced by stabilization of Cdc25A, and, in combination with Gem, a synergistic loss of Chk1 protein was observed in the more sensitized cell lines. Gem chemosensitization, however, did not correlate with abrogation of the S/M or G2/M checkpoint; PD-321852 did not induce premature mitotic entry in Gem-treated BxPC3 or M-Panc96 cells, which were sensitized to Gem 6.2- and 4.6-fold, respectively. In the more sensitized cells lines, PD-321852 not only inhibited Gem-induced Rad51 focus formation and the recovery from Gem-induced replication stress, as evidenced by persistence of γ-H2AX, but also depleted these cells of Rad51 protein. Our data suggest the inhibition of this Chk1-mediated Rad51 response to Gem-induced replication stress is an important factor in determining Gem chemosensitization by Chk1 inhibition in pancreatic cancer cells.