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. 2024 Aug;47(4):1497-1502.
doi: 10.1007/s13402-024-00941-x. Epub 2024 Mar 18.

The Ribonuclease ZC3H12A is required for self-inflicted DNA breaks after DNA damage in small cell lung cancer cells

Mingjun Lu  1 , Qing Gao  1 , Renjing Jin  1 , Meng Gu  1 , Ziyu Wang  1 , Xiaobo Li  2 , Weiying Li  1 , Jinghui Wang  1 , Teng Ma  3
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The Ribonuclease ZC3H12A is required for self-inflicted DNA breaks after DNA damage in small cell lung cancer cells

Mingjun Lu et al. Cell Oncol (Dordr). 2024 Aug.

Abstract

Radiotherapy is the first line treatment for small cell lung cancer (SCLC); However, radio-resistance accompanies with the treatment and hampers the prognosis for SCLC patients. The underlying mechanisms remains elusive. Here we discovered that self-inflicted DNA breaks exist in SCLC cells after radiation. Moreover, using nuclease siRNA screening combined with high-content ArrayScan™ cell analyzer, we identified that Ribonuclease ZC3H12A is required for the self-inflicted DNA breaks after radiation and for SCLC cell survival after DNA damage. ZC3H12A expression was increased in response to DNA damage and when ZC3H12A was knocked down, the DNA repair ability of the cells was impaired, as evidenced by decreased expression of the DNA damage repair protein BRCA1, and increased γH2AX at DNA damage sites. Colony formation assay demonstrates that ZC3H12A knocked down sensitized small cell lung cancer radiotherapy. Therefore, the Ribonuclease ZC3H12A regulates endogenous secondary breaks in small cell lung cancer and affects DNA damage repair. ZC3H12A may act as an important radiotherapy target in small cell lung cancer.

Keywords: DNA damage repair; Nuclease; Radiotherapy; Small cell lung cancer; ZC3H12A.

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