Publication Date:
1993-01-08
Description:
Nitrosoureas form O6-alkylguanine-DNA adducts that are converted to G to A transitions, the mutation found in the activated ras oncogenes of nitrosourea-induced mouse lymphomas and rat mammary tumors. These adducts are removed by the DNA repair protein O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase. Transgenic mice that express the human homolog of this protein in the thymus were found to be protected from developing thymic lymphomas after exposure to N-methyl-N-nitrosourea. Thus, transgenic expression of a single human DNA repair gene is sufficient to block chemical carcinogenesis. The transduction of DNA repair genes in vivo may unravel mechanisms of carcinogenesis and provide therapeutic protection from known carcinogens.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dumenco, L L -- Allay, E -- Norton, K -- Gerson, S L -- P01CA51183/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P30CA43703/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01ES06288/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1993 Jan 8;259(5092):219-22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, OH.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8421782" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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*DNA Repair/genetics
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Gene Expression
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Humans
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Lymphoma, T-Cell/chemically induced/*prevention & control
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Methylnitrosourea
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Methyltransferases/genetics/*metabolism
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred C57BL
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Mice, Transgenic
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O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase
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RNA, Messenger/analysis
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Thymus Neoplasms/chemically induced/*prevention & control
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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