Patra Anutosh, Nag Anish, Chakraborty Anindita, Bhattacharyya Nandan
Department of Biotechnology, Panskura Banamali College, West Bengal, India.
Department of Life Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India.
Radiat Oncol J. 2022 Mar;40(1):66-78. doi: 10.3857/roj.2021.00689. Epub 2022 Mar 29.
DNA polymerase β (Polβ) acts in the base excision repair (BER) pathway. Mutations in DNA polymerase β (Polβ) are associated with different cancers. A variant of Polβ with a 97 amino acid deletion (PolβΔ), in heterozygous conditions with wild-type Polβ, was identified in sporadic ovarian tumor samples. This study aims to evaluate the gamma radiation sensitivity of PolβΔ for possible target therapy in ovarian cancer treatment.
PolβΔ cDNA was cloned in a GFP vector and transfected in PA1 cells. Stable cells (PA1PolβΔ) were treated with 60Co sourced gamma-ray (0-15 Gy) to investigate their radiation sensitivity. The affinity of PolβΔ with DNA evaluated by DNA protein in silico docking experiments.
The result showed a statistically significant (p < 0.05) higher sensitivity towards radiation at different doses (0-15 Gy) and time-point (48-72 hours) for PA1PolβΔ cells in comparison with normal PA1 cells. Ten Gy of gamma radiation was found to be the optimal dose. Significantly more PA1PolβΔ cells were killed at this dose than PA1 cells after 48 hours of treatment via an apoptotic pathway. The in silico docking experiments revealed that PolβΔ has more substantial binding potential towards the dsDNA than wild-type Polβ, suggesting a possible failure of BER pathway that results in cell death.
Our study showed that the PA1PolβΔ cells were more susceptible than PA1 cells to gamma radiation. In the future, the potentiality of ionizing radiation to treat this type of cancer will be checked in animal models.
DNA聚合酶β(Polβ)参与碱基切除修复(BER)途径。DNA聚合酶β(Polβ)的突变与不同癌症相关。在散发性卵巢肿瘤样本中鉴定出一种在杂合状态下与野生型Polβ存在97个氨基酸缺失的Polβ变体(PolβΔ)。本研究旨在评估PolβΔ对γ辐射的敏感性,以期为卵巢癌治疗提供可能的靶向治疗方法。
将PolβΔ cDNA克隆到绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)载体中,并转染到PA1细胞中。用60Co源的γ射线(0 - 15 Gy)处理稳定细胞(PA1PolβΔ),以研究其辐射敏感性。通过DNA与蛋白质的计算机对接实验评估PolβΔ与DNA的亲和力。
结果显示,与正常PA1细胞相比,PA1PolβΔ细胞在不同剂量(0 - 15 Gy)和时间点(48 - 72小时)对辐射具有统计学上显著更高的敏感性(p < 0.05)。发现10 Gy的γ辐射为最佳剂量。在该剂量下处理48小时后,通过凋亡途径杀死的PA1PolβΔ细胞明显多于PA1细胞。计算机对接实验表明,PolβΔ对双链DNA(dsDNA)的结合潜力比野生型Polβ更大,这表明BER途径可能失效从而导致细胞死亡。
我们的研究表明,PA1PolβΔ细胞比PA1细胞对γ辐射更敏感。未来,将在动物模型中检测电离辐射治疗这类癌症的潜力。