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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2022

Novel Targeting of DNA Methyltransferase Activity Inhibits Ewing Sarcoma Cell Proliferation and Enhances Tumor Cell Sensitivity to DNA Damaging Drugs by Activating the DNA Damage Response.

Camilla Cristalli, Maria Cristina Manara, Sergio Valente, Evelin Pellegrini, Alberto Bavelloni, Alessandra De Feo, William Blalock, Elisabetta Di Bello, David Piñeyro, Angelika Merkel and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Camilla CristalliLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Maria Cristina ManaraLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Sergio ValenteDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Evelin PellegriniLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Alberto BavelloniLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Alessandra De FeoLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
William BlalockIstituto di Genetica Molecolare-Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza, UOS Bologna, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IGM-CNR), Bologna, Italy.
Elisabetta Di BelloDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
David PiñeyroJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Barcelona, Spain.
Angelika MerkelJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Barcelona, Spain.
Manel EstellerJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Barcelona, Spain.
Oscar M TiradoSarcoma Research Group, Oncobell Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red Cancer (CIBERONC), Barcelona, Spain.
Antonello MaiDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Katia ScotlandiLaboratory of Experimental Oncology, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli · ITJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute · ESSapienza University of Rome · ITCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer · ESInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats · ESIstituto di Genetica Molecolare · ITIstituto Pasteur · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA methylation is an important component of the epigenetic machinery that regulates the malignancy of Ewing sarcoma (EWS), the second most common primary bone tumor in children and adolescents. Coordination of DNA methylation and DNA replication is critical for maintaining epigenetic programming and the DNMT1 enzyme has been demonstrated to have an important role in both maintaining the epigenome and controlling cell cycle. Here, we showed that the novel nonnucleoside DNMT inhibitor (DNMTi) MC3343 induces a specific depletion of DNMT1 and affects EWS tumor proliferation through a mechanism that is independent on DNA methylation. Depletion of DNMT1 causes perturbation of the cell cycle, with an accumulation of cells in the G1 phase, and DNA damage, as revealed by the induction of γH2AX foci. These effects elicited activation of p53-dependent signaling and apoptosis in p53wt cells, while in p53 mutated cells, persistent micronuclei and increased DNA instability was observed. Treatment with MC3343 potentiates the efficacy of DNA damaging agents such as doxorubicin and PARP-inhibitors (PARPi). This effect correlates with increased DNA damage and synergistic tumor cytotoxicity, supporting the use of the DNMTi MC3343 as an adjuvant agent in treating EWS.

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Sarcoma, EwingAdolescentBenzamidesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationChildDNADNA DamageDNA MethylationEnzyme InhibitorsHumansPyrimidinesQuinolinesTumor Suppressor Protein p53BenzamidesDNAEnzyme InhibitorsMC3343PyrimidinesQuinolinesTumor Suppressor Protein p53DNA damageDNA methylationDNMT inhibitorsdoxorubicinDrug synergismepigenetic therapiesewing sarcomaPARP inhibitors

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PMID35712255
PMCPMC9197596
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