A Novel Model System to Examine Agents Used in Breast Cancer Therapy.
Abstract
We have recently characterized a multiprotein DNA replication complex (MRC) that was purified from NODA NIB 468 human breast cancer cells by a series of differential centrifugations polyethylene glycol precipitation and anion-exchange column chromatography (Coll et al., in preparation). The breast cell MRC exhibits a sedimentation coefficient of 185 in a continuous sucrose gradient. In the presence of viral large T-antigen and simian virus 40 (SV4O) origin sequences, the MRC executes all of the steps required for the in vitro, bidirectional replication of the SV4O genome. Several of the DNA replication enzymes comprising the NIRC have been identified by Western blot analyses and enzyme assays: DNA polymerase a-primase, DNA polymerase sigma, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), RE-C RP-A and DNA topoisomerase I. Based upon its requirements for DNA replication activity and its ability to synthesize intermediate and full-length daughter DNA molecules, the MRC accurately depicts the DNA synthetic process as it occurs in vitro. Therefore, the MRC may serve as a novel model system to investigate the mechanisms of action of anticancer agents that directly target cellular DNA synthesis. Our initial studies on the interaction of camptothecin, a topoisomerase I inhibitor, with the MRC support its use as a model system (Coll et al., in press). Further studies may contribute important information about the cytotoxic effects of camptothecin, particularly the cellular consequences of camptothecin-DNA-topoisomerase-t cleavable complex formation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA300112
Entities
People
- Jennifer Coll
- Linda H. Malkas
Organizations
- University of Maryland School of Medicine