摘要:
The invention provides compositions and methods used to inhibit USP1 deubiquitinase activity and to identify new inhibitors of USP1 deubiquitinase. The inhibitors can be used to treat or prevent cancer, bone marrow failure, and damage to cells or DNA resulting from genotoxic agents such as antineoplasic agents, including chemotherapeutic agents and radiation. The inhibitors include siRNA directed at inhibiting the expression of USP1 or UAF1, a protein which forms a heterodimeric complex with USP1. The inhibitors can be used to enhance cell survival if administered either before or after radiation exposure. Methods are also provided to enhance chemotherapy or radiotherapy of cancer and to enhance DNA repair. Transgenic knockout animals and knockdown cells are provided, whose USP1 expression is impaired.
摘要:
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the present invention discloses inhibitors of the Fanconi anemia pathway and methods using same. Such inhibitors are useful in inhibiting DNA damage repair and can be useful, for example, in the treatment of cancer.
摘要:
The present invention discloses methods for detecting exposure of a living subject to genotoxic agents, testing sensitivity to a genotoxic agent, and determining DNA damage caused by exposure to an agent, comprising detecting the presence of FANCD2-containing foci from a sample collected from said subject. The presence of concentrated foci is indicative of DNA damage, and the degree of foci formation is correlated with degree of exposure. Diagnostic reagents contain a ligand that binds to human FANCD2 associated with a detectable label. Kits for detecting DNA damage in a biological sample contain such diagnostic reagents and signal detection components. The invention further discloses methods for identifying agents which modulate the ability of FANCD2-containing foci to form. Among other things, such agents are potentially useful chemosensitizing agents or may confer protection against damage caused by genotoxic agents.
摘要:
The invention described encompasses an isolated DNA sequence encoding all or a portion thereof of a cell surface receptor murine and human erythropoietin (hereinafter EPO-R), along with the isolated polypeptide expressed by the DNA sequence (i.e., isolated EPO-R). The invention also encompasses host cells containing the above-described DNA sequence, preferably, host cells which express the polypeptide encoded by the DNA sequence (EPO-R) at a significantly higher level than that produced by normal red blood cell precursors. The invention further encompasses DNA sequences encoding secreted forms of the human EPO-R and polypeptides corresponding thereto. The EPO-receptor in all of the disclosed forms can be used as models for designing drugs or in pharmaceutical compositions for treating anemias.
摘要:
The invention provides compositions and methods used to inhibit USP1 deubiquitinase activity and to identify new inhibitors of USP1 deubiquitinase. The inhibitors can be used to treat or prevent cancer, bone marrow failure, and damage to cells or DNA resulting from genotoxic agents such as antineoplasic agents, including chemotherapeutic agents and radiation. The inhibitors include siRNA directed at inhibiting the expression of USP1 or UAF1, a protein which forms a heterodimeric complex with USP1. The inhibitors can be used to enhance cell survival if administered either before or after radiation exposure. Methods are also provided to enhance chemotherapy or radiotherapy of cancer and to enhance DNA repair. Transgenic knockout animals and knockdown cells are provided, whose USP1 expression is impaired.
摘要:
The present invention discloses methods for detecting exposure of a living subject to genotoxic agents, testing sensitivity to a genotoxic agent, and determining DNA damage caused by exposure to an agent, comprising detecting the presence of FANCD2-containing foci from a sample collected from said subject. The presence of concentrated foci is indicative of DNA damage, and the degree of foci formation is correlated with degree of exposure. Diagnostic reagents contain a ligand that binds to human FANCD2 associated with a detectable label. Kits for detecting DNA damage in a biological sample contain such diagnostic reagents and signal detection components. The invention further discloses methods for identifying agents which modulate the ability of FANCD2-containing foci to form. Among other things, such agents are potentially useful chemosensitizing agents or may confer protection against damage caused by genotoxic agents.
摘要:
The invention described encompasses an isolated DNA sequence encoding all or a portion thereof of a cell surface receptor for murine and human erythropoietin (hereinafter EPO-R), along with the isolated polypeptide expressed by the DNA sequence (i.e., isolated EPO-R). The invention also encompasses host cells containing the above-described DNA sequence, preferably, host cells which express the polypeptide encoded by the DNA sequence (EPO-R) at a significantly higher level than that produced by normal red blood cell precursors. The invention further encompasses DNA sequences encoding secreted forms of the human EPO-R and polypeptides corresponding thereto. The EPO-receptor in all of the disclosed forms can be used as models for designing drugs or in pharmaceutical compositions for treating anemias.
摘要:
The invention provides compositions and methods used to inhibit USP1 deubiquitinase activity and to identify new inhibitors of USP1 deubiquitinase. The inhibitors can be used to treat or prevent cancer, bone marrow failure, and damage to cells or DNA resulting from genotoxic agents such as antineoplasic agents, including chemotherapeutic agents and radiation. The inhibitors include siRNA directed at inhibiting the expression of USP1 or UAF1, a protein which forms a heterodimeric complex with USP1. The inhibitors can be used to enhance cell survival if administered either before or after radiation exposure. Methods are also provided to enhance chemotherapy or radiotherapy of cancer and to enhance DNA repair. Transgenic knockout animals and knockdown cells are provided, whose USP1 expression is impaired.
摘要:
This present invention compositions and methods of treating cancer and methods of accessing/monitoring the responsiveness of a cancer cell to a therapeutic compound.