CREBBP and p300 lysine acetyl transferases in the DNA damage response

I Dutto, C Scalera, E Prosperi - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2018 - Springer
The CREB-binding protein (CREBBP, or in short CBP) and p300 are lysine (K) acetyl
transferases (KAT) belonging to the KAT3 family of proteins known to modify histones, as …

Anti-cancer effects of oxymatrine are mediated through multiple molecular mechanism (s) in tumor models

CE Halim, SL Xinjing, L Fan, JB Vitarbo, F Arfuso… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Oxymatrine (OMT) is a quinolizidine alkaloid derived from the roots of the Sophora genus
plants. It has been widely used as a treatment for chronic hepatitis infections and …

The human AP-endonuclease 1 (APE1) is a DNA G-quadruplex structure binding protein and regulates KRAS expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells

S Pramanik, Y Chen, H Song, I Khutsishvili… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), one of the most aggressive types of cancer, is
characterized by aberrant activity of oncogenic KRAS. A nuclease-hypersensitive GC-rich …

Endogenous oxidized DNA bases and APE1 regulate the formation of G-quadruplex structures in the genome

S Roychoudhury, S Pramanik… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Formation of G-quadruplex (G4) DNA structures in key regulatory regions in the genome has
emerged as a secondary structure-based epigenetic mechanism for regulating multiple …

MicroDNA levels are dependent on MMEJ, repressed by c-NHEJ pathway, and stimulated by DNA damage

T Paulsen, P Malapati, Y Shibata, B Wilson… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) are present within all eukaryotic organisms and
actively contribute to gene expression changes. MicroDNA (200-1000bp) are the most …

Microrna-based combinatorial cancer therapy: Effects of micrornas on the efficacy of anti-cancer therapies

HA Seo, S Moeng, S Sim, HJ Kuh, SY Choi, JK Park - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The susceptibility of cancer cells to different types of treatments can be restricted by intrinsic
and acquired therapeutic resistance, leading to the failure of cancer regression and …

Vitexin inhibits APEX1 to counteract the flow-induced endothelial inflammation

CR Zhao, FF Yang, Q Cui, D Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Vascular endothelial cells are exposed to shear stresses with disturbed vs. laminar flow
patterns, which lead to proinflammatory vs. antiinflammatory phenotypes, respectively …

N-terminal acetylation by NatB is required for the shutoff activity of influenza A virus PA-X

K Oishi, S Yamayoshi, H Kozuka-Hata, M Oyama… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
N-terminal acetylation is a major posttranslational modification in eukaryotes catalyzed by N-
terminal acetyltransferases (NATs), NatA through NatF. Although N-terminal acetylation …

[HTML][HTML] Resveratrol decreases the expression of genes involved in inflammation through transcriptional regulation

DML Pinheiro, AHS de Oliveira, LG Coutinho… - Free Radical Biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress generated during inflammation is associated with a wide range of
pathologies. Resveratrol (RESV) displays anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities, being …

Protein–protein interactions in DNA base excision repair

NA Moor, OI Lavrik - Biochemistry (Moscow), 2018 - Springer
The system of base excision repair (BER) ensures correction of the most abundant DNA
damages in mammalian cells and plays an important role in maintaining genome stability …