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The Widely Used Antihelmintic Drug Albendazole is a Potent Inducer of Loss of Heterozygosity
| العنوان: | The Widely Used Antihelmintic Drug Albendazole is a Potent Inducer of Loss of Heterozygosity |
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| المؤلفون: | Will Castro, Luiza S. E. P., Pieters, Wietske, Alemdehy, Mir Farshid, Aslam, Muhammad A., Buoninfante, Olimpia Alessandra, Raaijmakers, Jonne A., Pilzecker, Bas, van den Berk, Paul C. M., te Riele, Hein, Medema, René H., Pedrosa, Rozangela C., Jacobs, Heinz |
| المساهمون: | Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, KWF Kankerbestrijding, ZonMw |
| المصدر: | Frontiers in Pharmacology ; volume 12 ; ISSN 1663-9812 |
| بيانات النشر: | Frontiers Media SA |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | Frontiers (Publisher - via CrossRef) |
| الوصف: | The antihelmintic drug ABZ and its metabolites belong to the chemical family of benzimidazoles (BZM) that act as potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors, suggesting a potential re-direction of BZMs for cancer therapy. Applying UV-Vis spectrometry we here demonstrate ABZ as a DNA intercalator. This insight led us to determine the primary mode of ABZ action in mammalian cells. As revealed by RNA sequencing, ABZ did neither grossly affect replication as analyzed by survival and replication stress signaling, nor the transcriptome. Actually, unbiased transcriptome analysis revealed a marked cell cycle signature in ABZ exposed cells. Indeed, short-term exposure to ABZ arrested mammalian cells in G2/M cell cycle stages associated with frequent gains and losses of chromatin. Cellular analyses revealed ABZ as a potent mammalian spindle poison for normal and malignant cells, explaining the serious chromosome segregation defects. Since chromosomal aberrations promote both cancer development and cell death, we determined if besides its general cytotoxicity, ABZ could predispose to tumor development. As measured by loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in vitro and in vivo ABZ was found as a potent inducer of LOH and accelerator of chromosomal missegregation. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | unknown |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fphar.2021.596535 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fphar.2021.596535/full |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2021.596535 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.596535/full |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.60A015A4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fphar.2021.596535 |
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