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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2022

Metnase and EEPD1: DNA Repair Functions and Potential Targets in Cancer Therapy.

Jac A Nickoloff, Neelam Sharma, Lynn Taylor, Sage J Allen, Suk-Hee Lee, Robert Hromas

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Cellular Responses to Widespread DNA Replication Stress.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jac A NickoloffDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
Neelam SharmaDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
Lynn TaylorDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
Sage J AllenDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.
Suk-Hee LeeDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Robert HromasDivision of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine and the Mays Cancer Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Colorado State University · USIndiana University School of MedicineThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cells respond to DNA damage by activating signaling and DNA repair systems, described as the DNA damage response (DDR). Clarifying DDR pathways and their dysregulation in cancer are important for understanding cancer etiology, how cancer cells exploit the DDR to survive endogenous and treatment-related stress, and to identify DDR targets as therapeutic targets. Cancer is often treated with genotoxic chemicals and/or ionizing radiation. These agents are cytotoxic because they induce DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) directly, or indirectly by inducing replication stress which causes replication fork collapse to DSBs. EEPD1 and Metnase are structure-specific nucleases, and Metnase is also a protein methyl transferase that methylates histone H3 and itself. EEPD1 and Metnase promote repair of frank, two-ended DSBs, and both promote the timely and accurate restart of replication forks that have collapsed to single-ended DSBs. In addition to its roles in HR, Metnase also promotes DSB repair by classical non-homologous recombination, and chromosome decatenation mediated by TopoIIα. Although mutations in Metnase and EEPD1 are not common in cancer, both proteins are frequently overexpressed, which may help tumor cells manage oncogenic stress or confer resistance to therapeutics. Here we focus on Metnase and EEPD1 DNA repair pathways, and discuss opportunities for targeting these pathways to enhance cancer therapy.

Indexed as

chromosome decatenationDNA damageDNA double-strand breaksDNA repairgenome instabilityhomologous recombinationnon-homologous end-joining

Identifiers

PMID35155245
PMCPMC8831698
OpenAlexW4210289046

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