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APOBEC3B es una fuente enzimática de mutación en el cáncer de mama
Michael B Burns1, Lela Lackey, Michael A Carpenter
1Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Nature
|February 8, 2013
Resumen
La ADN citosina desaminasa APOBEC3B causa mutaciones C-a-T en el cáncer de mama. Esta enzima es la enzima
Área de la Ciencia:
- Genética La genética.
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Oncología Oncología Oncología.
Sus antecedentes:
- El desarrollo del cáncer implica múltiples mutaciones, con transiciones de C a T dominando los genomas del cáncer de mama.
- Estas mutaciones a menudo ocurren en citocinas no metiladas y pueden agruparse.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para identificar la fuente de las mutaciones de C a T en el cáncer de mama.
- Investigar el papel de APOBEC3B en la mutagenesis y evolución del cáncer de mama.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis del ARN mensajero APOBEC3B y los niveles de proteínas en tumores de mama y líneas celulares.
- Knockdown y experimentos de sobreexpresión de APOBEC3B.
- Medición de los niveles genómicos de uracil, las frecuencias de mutación y los tipos específicos de mutación (C-T).
- Evaluación de los marcadores de daño del ADN (γ-H2AX) y los efectos del ciclo celular.
Principales resultados:
- El ARN mensajero APOBEC3B está regulado al alza en la mayoría de los tumores de mama y líneas celulares.
- Una alta expresión de APOBEC3B se correlaciona con un aumento de la carga de mutación y las mutaciones TP53.
- El APOBEC3B endógeno es la fuente primaria de la actividad de edición de C a U del ADN en las células de cáncer de mama.
- La actividad de APOBEC3B conduce a un aumento del uracilo genómico, mayores frecuencias de mutación y transiciones de C a T.
- La sobreexpresión de APOBEC3B induce daños en el ADN, detención del ciclo celular y mutaciones de C a T.
Conclusiones:
- APOBEC3B es una fuente probable de las mutaciones dominantes de C a T observadas en el cáncer de mama.
- La desaminación del ADN impulsada por APOBEC3B puede promover la inactivación de TP53 y contribuir a la evolución y heterogeneidad del tumor.
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