Nitric oxide upregulates expression of DNA-PKcs to protect cells from DNA-damaging anti-tumour agents
- 10 May 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Cell Biology
- Vol. 2 (6), 339-345
- https://doi.org/10.1038/35014028
Abstract
Nitric-oxide synthase (NOS) activity has been detected in many human tumours, although its function is unclear. Here we show that exposure of cells to nitric oxide (NO) results in a 4–5-fold increase in expression of the DNA-dependent protein-kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), one of the key enzymes involved in repairing double-stranded DNA breaks. This NO-mediated increase in enzymatically active DNA-PK not only protects cells from the toxic effects of NO, but also provides crossprotection against clinically important DNA-damaging agents, such as X-ray radiation, adriamycin, bleomycin and cisplatin. The NO-mediated increase in DNA-PKcs described here demonstrates the presence of a new and highly effective NO-mediated mechanism for DNA repair.Keywords
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