07.01.2014 Views

LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute

LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute

LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Discussion<br />

primary cancers 196 . This indicates that compromised DNA repair capacity is an<br />

important hallmark of cancer and reinforces our assumption that reduced DNA repair<br />

capacity might be a risk factor for UADT MPN development.<br />

Effect of γ-radiation exposure on cell cycle<br />

When a cell is exposed to DNA damaging agent it results in cell cycle arrest<br />

and activation of cell cycle check points which play an essential role in DNA repair 225 .<br />

A disruption in any of the cell cycle check points may result in accumulation of gene<br />

mutations and chromosomal aberrations by reducing the efficiency of DNA repair<br />

leading to genetic instability that may drive neoplastic evolution 226 . We hypothesized<br />

that individuals with inherited defects in cell cycle control probably are susceptible to<br />

UADT MPN development. G2 phase cells are extremely sensitive to ionising radiation<br />

induced DNA damage resulting in G2/M arrest and delaying entry into mitosis until the<br />

damage has been repaired 226 . In numerous reports defects in cell cycle G2 delay are<br />

strongly associated to human carcinogenesis 93, 104-106 . Our results demonstrated that<br />

after exposure to γ-radiation, G2 delay was more pronounced and significantly higher<br />

in control cell lines as compared to MPN cell lines.<br />

Similar to our results, in earlier studies as well, an abnormal cell cycle control<br />

has been associated with cancer risk. In a report by Wu X. et al. 93 , when a comparison<br />

of G2/M check point was carried out with lung cancer risk it was observed that γ-<br />

radiation induced S and G2/M phases arrest was significantly lower in cases than in<br />

controls. They also compared cell cycle check points with DNA repair capacity<br />

measured by comet assay and concluded that defects in cell cycle checkpoints and<br />

DNA damage/repair capacity were associated with elevated lung cancer risk 93 . Similar<br />

results for lung cancer patients were also observed by Zheng et al. 103 , Zhoa et al. 105<br />

and Xing et al. 106 . Their results suggest that a less efficient DNA damage induced<br />

G2/M checkpoint is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer.<br />

Effect of BPDE exposure on cell cycle<br />

Tobacco specific carcinogen BPDE forms adducts with genomic DNA<br />

resulting in replication errors that can lead to formation of replicative gaps. These<br />

replicative gaps can be repaired during S phase by post-replicative repair pathways 226 .<br />

If these gaps remain in the genome due to inefficient DNA repair then they may get<br />

converted into DSB in G2 phase 226 . Hence BPDE exposure in normal cells results in S<br />

140

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!