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Publication : DNA repair protein MGMT protects against N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced conversion of benign into malignant tumors.

First Author  Becker K Year  2003
Journal  Carcinogenesis Volume  24
Issue  3 Pages  541-6
PubMed ID  12663516 Mgi Jnum  J:82834
Mgi Id  MGI:2655832 Doi  10.1093/carcin/24.3.541
Citation  Becker K, et al. (2003) DNA repair protein MGMT protects against N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced conversion of benign into malignant tumors. Carcinogenesis 24(3):541-6
abstractText  Tumor formation is a multi-step process that can be divided into the stages of tumor initiation, promotion and progression. Previously, we showed that overexpression in skin of mice of the DNA repair protein O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protects against N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU)-induced tumor initiation without affecting tumor promotion. This indicated that O(6)-methylguanine, which is specifically repaired by MGMT, is a major tumor-initiating lesion. Here we extended this transgenic approach to the study of tumor progression. Benign papillomas that arose on the skin of CkMGMT transgenic mice upon initiation with 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and promotion by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) expressed higher levels of MGMT than papillomas that appeared on DMBA/TPA treated non-transgenic NMRI mice. Treatment of papillomas with MNU resulted in the formation of malignant carcinomas to a significantly lower frequency in CkMGMT mice as compared with the non-transgenic control. The data provide evidence that increased DNA repair protects against the conversion of benign into malignant tumors. They show at the same time that a particular type of damage induced in DNA, namely O(6)-methylguanine, is decisively involved in triggering tumor progression. This supports the concept that the major cause of both tumor initiation and tumor progression is mutation. Data also indicate that alkylating anti-neoplastic drugs may provoke tumor progression in case of failure of tumor therapy, which is attenuated by DNA repair.
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