Targeting topoisomerase I: molecular mechanisms and cellular determinants of response to topoisomerase I inhibitors

GL Beretta, P Perego, F Zunino - Expert opinion on therapeutic …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Topoisomerase I is required for DNA relaxation during critical cellular
functions. The identification of camptothecins as specific enzyme inhibitors and their clinical …

Laser scanning cytometry

LA Kamentsky - Methods in cell biology, 2001 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Laser scanning cytometry (LSCM) automatically measures laser excited
fluorescence at multiple wavelengths and light scatter from cells on slides that have been …

[HTML][HTML] Purinergic signaling regulates neural progenitor cell expansion and neurogenesis

JHC Lin, T Takano, G Arcuino, X Wang, F Hu… - Developmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
Neural stem and progenitor cells typically exhibit a density-dependent survival and
expansion, such that critical densities are required below which clonogenic progenitors are …

[HTML][HTML] A potential role of nuclear matrix-associated protein kinase CK2 in protection against drug-induced apoptosis in cancer cells

C Guo, S Yu, AT Davis, H Wang, JE Green… - Journal of Biological …, 2001 - ASBMB
Protein kinase CK2 (CK2) has long been implicated in the regulation of cell growth and
proliferation. Its activity is generally elevated in rapidly proliferating tissues, and nuclear …

DNA damage induced by DNA topoisomerase I-and topoisomerase II-inhibitors detected by histone H2AXphosphorylation in relation to the cell cycle phase and …

X Huang, F Traganos, Z Darzynkiewicz - Cell Cycle, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Histone H2AX is phosphorylated on Ser-139 by ATM kinase in response to damage that
induces dsDNA breaks. Immunocytochemical detection of phosphorylated H2AX (gH2AX) …

Cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase measured in situ in individual cells: relationship to DNA fragmentation and cell cycle position during apoptosis

X Li, Z Darzynkiewicz - Experimental cell research, 2000 - Elsevier
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), a nuclear enzyme involved in DNA repair, is a target
of caspases during apoptosis: its cleavage onto 89-and 24-kDa fragments is considered to …

Synchronization in the cell cycle by inhibitors of DNA replication induces histone H2AX phosphorylation: an indication of DNA damage

A Kurose, T Tanaka, X Huang, F Traganos… - Cell …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Several methods to synchronize cultured cells in the cell cycle are based on temporary
inhibition of DNA replication. Previously it has been reported that cells synchronized this …

Laser scanning cytometry: principles and applications—an update

P Pozarowski, E Holden, Z Darzynkiewicz - Cell Imaging Techniques …, 2013 - Springer
Laser scanning cytometer (LSC) is the microscope-based cytofluorometer that offers a
plethora of unique analytical capabilities, not provided by flow cytometry (FCM). This review …

Translocation of Bax to mitochondria during apoptosis measured by laser scanning cytometry

E Bedner, X Li, J Kunicki… - Cytometry: The Journal …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Background During induction of apoptosis, the pro‐apoptotic member of the Bcl‐2 protein
family (Bax) undergoes translocation to the mitochondria. The translocation, which leads to …

New molecular mechanisms of action of camptothecin-type drugs

K Legarza, LX Yang - Anticancer research, 2006 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Camptothecin (CPT) derivatives have emerged as a promising group of chemotherapeutic
agents. The FDA has approved the CPT derivatives topotecan and irinotecan for second line …