Inhibition of DNA Repair by a Herpes Simplex Virus Vector Enhances the Radiosensitivity of Human Glioblastoma Cells
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- 15 June 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Cancer Research
- Vol. 65 (12) , 5310-5316
- https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-3793
Abstract
Expression of the herpes simplex virus (HSV) protein, ICP0, from the viral genome, rendered two radioresistant human glioblastoma multiforme cell lines more sensitive to the effects of ionizing radiation. Using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide and clonogenic survival assays, U87-MG and T98 cell survival was more greatly decreased as a function of ionizing radiation dose when ICP0 was preexpressed in cells compared with when ICP0 was not expressed. Consistent with previous results, we found that the catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase was degraded as a function of ICP0 in both cell types. This most likely resulted in the inhibition of DNA repair as inferred by the persistence of γH2AX foci or DNA double-strand breaks. Enhanced apoptosis was also found to occur following irradiation of U87-MG cells preinfected with the ICP0-producing HSV-1 mutant, d106. Our results suggest that expression of ICP0 in human glioblastoma multiforme cells inhibits the repair of DNA double-strand breaks after ionizing radiation treatment, decreasing the survival of these cells in part by induction of apoptosis.Keywords
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