The BRCA1-Interacting Protein Abraxas Is Required for Genomic Stability and Tumor Suppression
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Germline mutations of BRCA1 confer hereditary susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer. However, somatic mutation of BRCA1 is infrequent in sporadic breast cancers. The BRCA1 protein C terminus (BRCT) domains interact with multiple proteins and are required for BRCA1's tumor-suppressor function. In this study, we demonstrated that Abraxas, a BRCA1 BRCT domain-interacting protein, plays a role in tumor suppression. Abraxas exerts its function through binding to BRCA1 to regulate DNA repair and maintain genome stability. Both homozygous and heterozygous Abraxas knockout mice exhibited decreased survival and increased tumor incidence. The gene encoding Abraxas suffers from gene copy loss and somatic mutations in multiple human cancers including breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancers, suggesting that mutation and loss of function of Abraxas may contribute to tumor development in human patients.
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Full-length Abraxas protein is lost in AbraxasΔ/Δ MEFs.
“The loss of Abraxas full-length protein was also confirmed in AbraxasΔ/Δ MEFs by immunoblotting (Figure 1B and S1) with an antibody recognizing the C-terminus region of the mouse Abraxas protein.”
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Abraxas-/- cells show reduced sister chromatid exchanges per metaphase compared with wild-type cells.
“Compared to wild type cells Abraxas-/- cells showed reduced sister chromatid exchanges per metaphase (Figure 2C)”
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The Abraxas gene shows copy loss and somatic mutations in multiple human cancers, including breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancers.
“The gene encoding Abraxas suffers from gene copy loss and somatic mutations in multiple human cancers including breast, ovarian, and endometrial cancers”
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MEF cells from Abraxas-/- mice have increased sensitivity to IR, mitomycin C, and olaparib.
“Similarly, MEF cells prepared from Abraxas-/- mice displayed increased sensitivity to IR, the DNA crosslinking agent mytomycin C (MMC) and poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor Olaparib (Figure 1D).”
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Abraxas mutants failed to rescue the DNA repair deficiency of Abraxas-/- cells in the comet assay.
“The mutants also failed to rescue the DNA repair deficiency of Abraxas-/- cells using a comet assay to assess DNA repair efficiency (Figure 2F).”
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IRIF formation of BRCA1 and Rap80 is diminished in Abraxas-/- MEFs.
“Consistent with the previous notion that Abraxas plays a critical role in the accumulation of BRCA1 to DNA damage sites and formation of the BRCA1-A complex, the IRIF formation of BRCA1 and Rap80 in Abraxas-/- MEF cells were diminished (Figure S1) (Wang and Elledge, 2007; Wang et al., 2009).”
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The Abraxas mutants behaved as expected for interactions with BRCA1 and other A-complex proteins in immunoprecipitation analysis.
“These mutants, when expressed, behaved as expected for interactions with BRCA1 and other A-complex proteins in immunoprecipitation analysis (Figure S2).”
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Abraxas null mice are more sensitive to ionizing radiation.
“Thus, Abraxas null mice are more sensitive to IR.”
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Abraxas IRIF formation is undetectable in Abraxas-/- MEFs due to loss of the Abraxas protein.
“The IRIF formation of Abraxas was undetectable in Abraxas-/- MEF cells as a result of loss of the Abraxas protein (Figure S1).”
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Abraxas mutants failed to increase survival of Abraxas-/- MEFs in response to IR.
“the Abraxas mutants failed to increase the survival of Abraxas-/- MEFs in response to IR (Figure 2E).”
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Accumulation of Rad51 foci at DNA damage sites is decreased in Abraxas-/- cells.
“In consistent, accumulation of Rad51 (Rad51 foci), a central participant in homologous recombination, to the DNA damage sites was also decreased in Abraxas-/- cells (Figure S2).”
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The full-length Abraxas transcript is disrupted in AbraxasΔ/Δ MEFs.
“RT-PCR using primers located in exon 5 and exon 6 revealed disruption of the full length Abraxas transcript in AbraxasΔ/Δ MEFs (Figure S1).”
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Seven mutations were found inside the MPN domain, which is critical for formation of the BRCA1-A complex.
“Another seven mutations were found inside the MPN- domain, which is a domain critical for the formation of the BRCA1-A complex.”
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Abraxas is essential for tumor suppression in vivo in mouse.
“In this study, we demonstrate Abraxas is essential for DNA repair and tumor suppression in vivo in mouse.”
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“Importantly, Abraxas is essential for tumor suppression.”
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Abraxas-/- MEFs show an increased incidence of abnormal nuclear morphology, including nuclear fragmentation and micronuclei.
“DAPI staining of Abraxas-/- MEFs displayed an increased incidence of abnormal nuclear morphology in Abraxas-/- cells compared to wild type. Nuclear fragmentation and micronuclei were more frequently observed in Abraxas-deficient cells”
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Loss of Abraxas results in only subtle changes in the length of stalled replication forks.
“However, unlike BRCA1, loss of Abraxas resulted in subtle changes in the length of stalled replication forks (Figure 3 and S3).”
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Tumors in Abraxas+/- and Abraxas-/- mice were primarily lymphoma, with a few solid tumors in lung and liver.
“Tumors developed in Abraxas+/- and Abraxas-/- mice were primarily lymphoma and a few cases of solid tumors in lung and liver (Figure 6C).”
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The authors found a mutation hot spot in Abraxas that contains a known bipartite NLS.
“We also identified a mutational “hot spot” in Abraxas which includes a previously identified bipartite nuclear localization signal (NLS).”
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The S404A mutant at least partially rescues the MMC sensitivity of Abraxas-/- cells.
“We noticed that indeed, the S404A mutant appeared to, at least partially, rescue the MMC sensitivity of Abraxas-/- cells (Figure 4D and S4)”
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Untreated Abraxas-/- MEFs show a nearly 3-fold increase in spontaneous single chromatid breaks compared with wild-type cell lines.
“Untreated Abraxas-/- MEFs showed a nearly 3-fold increase of spontaneous single chromatid breaks compared to wild type cell lines (Figure 5A and 5B)”
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The same R252* nonsense mutation within the coiled-coil domain was found twice in two endometrial tumor samples.
“Notably, the same R252* nonsense mutation within the coiled-coil domain was found twice in two endometrial tumor samples.”
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A number of Abraxas missense mutations fall in domains needed for BRCA1 binding or for contacts with other BRCA1-A components.
“The fact that many missense mutations of Abraxas occur at functional domains of Abraxas critical for binding to BRCA1 or interactions with other components of the BRCA1-A complex suggests the functional importance of these domains in prevention of cancer.”
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Copy loss of Abraxas correlates with reduced Abraxas expression in ovarian and breast cancer.
“In addition, copy loss of Abraxas correlated well with reduced Abraxas expression in ovarian and breast cancer (Figure 7C)”
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In these tumors, lower Abraxas expression tracks with copy-number loss.
“loss of copy correlates well with reduced expression of Abraxas in these tumors”
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Mutants that disrupt formation of the BRCA1-A complex fail to reduce chromosome aberrations as much as wild-type Abraxas.
“In addition, mutants that disrupt the formation of the BRCA1-A complex also failed to reduce the chromosome aberrations as much as the wild type Abraxas.”
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Among 26 non-synonymous Abraxas mutations identified in tumors, at least 6 (23%) are inactivating mutants that produce truncated protein losing BRCA1 binding.
“Among the 26 non-synonymous mutations identified in tumors in the Abraxas gene, at least 6 (23%) are inactivating mutants which result in truncated product of the protein that lose the binding to BRCA1.”
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The 4q21 region containing Abraxas/FAM175A is often deleted in ovarian and breast cancers.
“The chromosome locus of Abraxas/FAM175A (4q21) is frequently lost in ovarian and breast tumors.”
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Abraxas is essential for DNA repair in vivo in mouse.
“In this study, we demonstrate Abraxas is essential for DNA repair and tumor suppression in vivo in mouse.”
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“Abraxas is required for efficient DNA repair and plays a critical role in maintaining genome stability and tumor suppression.”
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Abraxas plays a role in crosslink repair.
“Our study showed that Abraxas is not only involved in the IR induced double strand break repair, it also plays a role in the crosslink repair.”
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The majority of lymphomas in Abraxas+/- and Abraxas-/- mice infiltrated non-lymphoid organs, including liver, lung, kidney, and intestine.
“The majority of the lymphomas developed in Abraxas+/- and Abraxas-/- mice were found to infiltrate various non-lymphoid organs, including liver, lung, kidney and intestine (Figure 6D).”
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Abraxas is not required for efficient replication restart after hydroxyurea treatment.
“In addition, Abraxas did not appear to be required for efficient replication restart after HU treatment (data not shown), consistent with published observation that BRCA1 is not required for replication recovery (Schlacher et al., 2012).”
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Abraxas participates in repairing ionizing-radiation-induced double-strand breaks.
“Our study showed that Abraxas is not only involved in the IR induced double strand break repair, it also plays a role in the crosslink repair.”
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Among breast cancers, 4q21 loss occurs most often in basal tumors and less often in luminal tumors.
“Interestingly, in breast cancer, loss of 4q21 is most frequently found in basal but less common in luminal tumors.”
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Lymphomas prominently involved the spleen and lymph nodes, including mesenteric and cervical lymph nodes.
“Lymphoma prominently involved the spleen and lymph nodes including the mesenteric and cervical lymph nodes (Figure S6).”
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Abraxas accumulates at DNA damage sites in cells treated with mitomycin C.
“Abraxas accumulated to DNA damage sites in cells treated with MMC (Figure 4A).”
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Abraxas gene expression is reduced in multiple human cancers, including bladder, breast, cervical, head and neck, renal papillary, endometrial, and thyroid cancers, compared with autologous normal tissues.
“Reduced Abraxas gene expression is observed in multiple types of cancers (bladder, breast, cervical, head and neck, renal papillary, endometrial, and thyroid) compared to those from autologous normal tissues (Figure 7A).”
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Abraxas and Rap80 are significantly enriched on a crosslink-bearing substrate compared with an unmodified substrate in the eCHIP assay.
“we found that Abraxas and Rap80 were significantly enriched on the crosslink-bearing substrate compared with the unmodified substrate (Figure 4C).”
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Abraxas's MPN, coiled-coil, and pSPxF regions are needed for its functions in DNA repair and genome stability.
“This is consistent with our experimental findings that the MPN, coiled-coil and pSPxF motif are important for Abraxas' role in DNA repair and genomic stability.”
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IR-treated Abraxas-/- MEFs show a significant increase in the percentage of cells containing chromosomal abnormalities compared with wild-type cells.
“IR treated Abraxas-/- MEFs exhibited a significant increase in the percentage of cells containing chromosomal abnormalities compared to wild type cells.”
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Enrichment of Abraxas and Rap80 on the crosslinked substrate is enhanced by DNA replication, as indicated by a dramatic increase in cells expressing EBNA.
“In addition, the enrichment was further enhanced by DNA replication of the crosslinked substrate, as indicated by the dramatic increase of its enrichment in cells expressing EBNA.”
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Seven missense mutations clustered around a small region that includes a bipartite nuclear localization signal.
“In addition, seven missense mutations were gathered around a small region including a bipartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) (Table S2).”
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Tumor incidence is increased in Abraxas+/- and Abraxas-/- mice.
“Pathologic analysis of the tissue slides from the end stage mice revealed a clear increase in the tumor incidence in Abraxas+/- and Abraxas-/- mice.”
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The majority of lymphomas appeared to be B cell lymphoma, indicated by B220 positivity in immunohistochemistry and B220/IgM double positivity in flow cytometry.
“Majority of the lymphomas appeared to be B cell lymphoma indicated by B cell marker B220 positive staining in immunohistochemistry (IHC) and B220 and IgM double positive staining in flow cytometry analysis of tumor cells (Figure S6).”
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An Abraxas S404A mutant that cannot bind BRCA1 did not restore DSB repair or chromosome stability in Abraxas-null cells.
“Mutant of Abraxas lacking the BRCA1 interaction motif (S404A mutant) fails to rescue the deficiency of Abraxas-/- cells in DNA damage DSB repair and chromosome stability.”
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Over 60% of Abraxas-/- and Abraxas+/- mice developed cancer, including lymphoma and other tumor types.
“From the mice we analyzed, over 60% of Abraxas-/- nullizygous and Abraxas+/- heterozygous mice developed cancer including lymphoma and other types of tumors (Figure 6B).”
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Unlike BRCA1 and CtIP, Abraxas is not required for embryonic and postnatal development.
“Thus, unlike BRCA1 and the BRCA1-BRCT interacting CtIP, Abraxas is not required for embryonic and postnatal development.”
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Mutation and loss of function of Abraxas may contribute to tumor development in human patients.
“suggesting that mutation and loss of function of Abraxas may contribute to tumor development in human patients.”
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Abraxas acts by binding BRCA1 to regulate DNA repair and maintain genome stability.
“Abraxas exerts its function through binding to BRCA1 to regulate DNA repair and maintain genome stability.”
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Deletion of the coiled-coil domain in human Abraxas disrupts binding of Abraxas to BRCC36.
“Previously it was shown deletion of the coiled-coil domain in human Abraxas (ΔCC) disrupts the binding of Abraxas to BRCC36 (Wang et al., 2009)”
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Abraxas is part of BRCA1 signaling in cellular resistance to DNA damaging agents and DNA repair.
“It suggests that Abraxas is part of the BRCA1 signaling in cellular resistance to DNA damaging agents and DNA repair.”
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Mutation W99E in the MPN domain of Abraxas disrupts interaction with Rap80, BRE, NBA1, and BRCC36.
“mutation of W99E in the MPN domain of Abraxas disrupts interaction with other members of the BRCA1-A complex including Rap80, BRE, NBA1 and BRCC36 (Patterson-Fortin et al., 2010).”
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Abraxas interacts with BRCA1 BRCT domains through its C-terminal pSPxF motif.
“Abraxas interacts with the BRCT domains of BRCA1 through the pSPxF motif at its C-terminus.”
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The BRCA1 A complex, containing Abraxas, NBA1, BRE, BRCC36, and Rap80, mediates recruitment of BRCA1 to DNA double-strand breaks for DNA damage checkpoint regulation and efficient DNA repair.
“The BRCA1 A complex, comprised of Abraxas, and other components, NBA1, BRE, BRCC36, and Rap80, is found to play an important role in mediating the recruitment of BRCA1 to DNA double strand breaks for DNA damage checkpoint regulation and efficient DNA repair.”
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Abraxas, a protein that interacts with the BRCA1 BRCT domain, functions in tumor suppression.
“In this study, we demonstrated that Abraxas, a BRCA1 BRCT domain-interacting protein, plays a role in tumor suppression.”
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Abraxas is required for homologous recombination.
“indicating that Abraxas is required for homologous recombination.”
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Abraxas plays an important role in the DNA damage response in vivo in mice.
“Together, these data indicate Abraxas plays an important role in the DNA damage response in vivo in mice.”
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Mutation of human Abraxas S406A abolishes binding of Abraxas to BRCA1.
“Mutation of a corresponding serine mutant S406A of the human Abraxas protein abolished the binding of Abraxas to BRCA1 (Wang et al., 2007b).”
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Abraxas is a bona fide tumor suppressor in humans.
“our cancer genomics data analyses strongly argue that Abraxas is a bona fide tumor suppressor gene in human”
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“Abraxas appears to be a tumor suppressor gene in human from analysis of the human cancer genomics.”
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“Taken together, our study implicates Abraxas is a bona fide tumor suppressor playing a role in DNA repair and maintaining genome stability.”
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Interaction of Abraxas with BRCA1, and formation of the BRCA1-A complex, is critical for Abraxas' function in maintaining genome stability.
“Together, these results indicate that the interaction of Abraxas with BRCA1, as well as the formation of the BRCA1-A complex, is critical for Abraxas' function in maintaining genome stability.”
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Further recruitment of Abraxas and Rap80 depends on the presence of stalled replication forks.
“It thus suggests that the further recruitment of Abraxas and Rap80 depends on the presence of stalled replication forks.”
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Abraxas may have an additional role independent of BRCA1 in crosslink repair.
“suggesting Abraxas might have an additional role independent of BRCA1 in the crosslink repair.”
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Abraxas probably suppresses tumors through its function in DNA repair.
“The tumor suppressing function of Abraxas is likely due to its role in DNA repair.”
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Abraxas-/- cells have an intrinsic defect in genome stability.
“suggesting an intrinsic defect in genome stability in Abraxas-/- cells.”
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Haploinsufficiency of Abraxas leads to tumorigenesis in mice.
“suggesting that haploinsufficiency of Abraxas leads to tumorigenesis in mice.”
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In crosslink repair, Abraxas and the BRCA1-A complex probably act after or separately from FancD2 ubiquitination.
“it is more likely the function of Abraxas and the BRCA1-A complex in DNA crosslink repair is downstream or independent of FancD2 ubiquitination.”
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The phenylalanine residue in the pSPxF motif is essential for recognition of the motif by BRCA1 BRCT domains.
“Structural and biochemical analysis of BRCA1 BRCT domains bound to optimized phosphopeptides has revealed that the phenylalanine residue in the pSPxF motif is essential for the recognition of this motif by the BRCT domains (Rodriguez et al., 2003; Shiozaki et al., 2004; Williams et al., 2004).”
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Under the 20/20 rule, Abraxas qualifies as a tumor suppressor because over one-fifth of its mutations are inactivating.
“According to the “20/20” rule proposed by Vogelstein et al. for predicting driver oncogene/tumor suppressor genes (Vogelstein et al., 2013), Abraxas could be classified as a tumor suppressor gene with more than 20% of the mutations are inactivating.”
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Reduced ABRA1 expression might mark functional loss of BRCA1.
“Thus, loss of ABRA1 expression may be a surrogate of BRCA1 functional loss.”
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Abraxas is not essential for embryonic development.
“indicating that Abraxas gene, unlike BRCA1, is not essential for embryonic development”
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“Abraxas, unlike BRCA1, is not required for embryonic development or stalled replication fork protection.”
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The role of BRCA1 in protecting stalled replication forks is independent of Abraxas.
“It suggests that the role of BRCA1 in protecting stalled replication fork is independent of Abraxas.”
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Abraxas fits the criteria for a tumor suppressor gene according to TUSON Explorer.
“Abraxas also fits the criteria as a tumor suppressor gene using the Tumor Suppressor and Oncogene (TUSON) Explorer, a recently proposed computational method for predicting oncogene/tumor suppressor genes (Davoli et al., 2013).”
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Abraxas does not appear to play a role in BRCA1-mediated recruitment of FancD2.
“Thus, Abraxas does not appear to play a role in BRCA1 mediated recruitment of FancD2”
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Abraxas probably has little involvement in BRCA1's embryonic developmental role.
“and thus is not likely to play a major role in BRCA1's function in embryonic development.”
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Abraxas possesses a role independent of BRCA1 in crosslink repair.
“suggesting that Abraxas possesses a role independent of BRCA1 in the crosslink repair.”
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TCGA data analysis suggests that losing or reducing Abraxas function may contribute to several human cancers, including breast and ovarian cancer.
“Indeed, bioinformatics analysis of the TCGA database indicates that loss/reduced function of Abraxas may contribute to multiple types of human cancers including breast and ovarian cancer.”
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The distribution of Abraxas mutation sites displays a pattern indicative of targeted inactivation by human tumors.
“the distribution of mutation sites in the Abraxas gene displays a remarkable pattern indicative of targeted inactivation by human tumors.”
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Lower Abraxas levels might help drive ovarian and breast tumor development.
“and reduced Abraxas expression may play a role in the development of ovarian and breast tumor.”
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The Abraxas-BRCA1 interaction is likely important for Abraxas's tumor suppressor function.
“Abraxas-BRCA1 interaction is likely to be important for the role of Abraxas in tumor suppression.”
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“the Abraxas-BRCA1 interaction is likely to play a critical role in tumor suppression as well.”
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Loss of Abraxas results in accumulation of both spontaneous and IR-induced chromosomal defects.
“Thus, loss of Abraxas results in the accumulation of both spontaneous and IR-induced chromosomal defects.”
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Copy-number loss appears to be a main route by which Abraxas expression is lowered in these tumors.
“suggesting loss of gene copy number is one of the major mechanisms to down-regulate Abraxas expression in these tumors”
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A germline Abraxas R361Q mutation in familiar breast cancer patients disrupts nuclear localization of Abraxas.
“A germline mutation of Abraxas (R361Q) in familiar breast cancer patients in this region was previously reported to disrupt nuclear localization of Abraxas (Solyom et al., 2012).”
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Loss of gene copy number is one major mechanism down-regulating Abraxas expression in ovarian and breast tumors.
“suggesting loss of gene copy number is one of the major mechanisms to down-regulate Abraxas expression in these tumors.”
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The F409C mutation in the pSPxF motif at the C-terminus of Abraxas in one endometrial tumor highlights the importance of Abraxas binding to BRCA1.
“The finding of an amino acid mutation of phenylalanine (F409C) in the pSPxF motif located at the very C-terminus of Abraxas in one endometrial tumor also highlights the importance of Abraxas binding to BRCA1.”
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Abraxas participates in crosslink repair that occurs during replication.
“suggesting that Abraxas is involved in replication mediated crosslink repair.”
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- Rests on an assumption: Their recruitment to crosslink lesions requires stalled replication forks.
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Abraxas is a tumor suppressor in mice.
“Together, these data indicate that Abraxas is a tumor suppressor in mice.”
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Findingown dataAbraxas-/- cells have a higher percentage of unrepaired DNA, with increased tail moments, at 6 hours after IR in the comet assay.
“Compared to wild type cells, Abraxas-/- cells appeared to have much higher percentage of cells having unrepaired DNA (increased tail moments) at 6 hour post IR treatment (Figure 2B and S2).”
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Findingown dataAbraxas-/- mice show no gross developmental defects and are indistinguishable from wild-type littermates after birth.
“Abraxas-/- (AbraxasΔ/Δ) mice did not exhibit any gross developmental defects and were indistinguishable from their wild type littermates after birth.”
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Findingown dataAbraxasΔ/Δ mice are viable and born at expected Mendelian ratios.
“Intercrossing of Abraxas+/Δ mice indicated that AbraxasΔ/Δ mice were viable and born at expected Mendelian ratios.”
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Findingown dataThe exon 5-deleted Abraxas transcript contains a premature stop codon and likely undergoes nonsense-mediated decay, as indicated by decreased transcript levels.
“Sequencing of the RT-PCR products spanning exon 2 to exon 6 confirmed that the exon 5-deleted transcript contains a premature STOP codon and has likely undergone nonsense mediated decay indicated by decreased transcript levels (Figure S1).”
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Findingown dataAbraxas-/- MEFs are defective in DNA repair, as shown by persistent γH2AX foci after IR.
“the Abraxas-/- cells, however, consistently displayed a high percentage of cells with γH2AX foci through the duration of the experiment indicating a deficiency in DNA repair (Figure 2A).”
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Findingown dataBRCA1-deficient Brca1Δ11/Δ11 MEFs are also defective in DNA repair in the comet assay.
“As a comparison, BRCA1-deficient Brca1Δ11/Δ11 MEF cells were also defective in DNA repair in the comet assay (Figure S2).”
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Findingown dataAfter 7.5 Gy IR, most Abraxas-/- mice died between 7 and 28 days, whereas no wild-type mice died in that period.
“After treatment, the majority of Abraxas-/- mice died between 7-28 days post irradiation, while none of the wild type mice died during this same time frame (Figure 1C).”
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Findingown dataBoth homozygous and heterozygous Abraxas knockout mice had reduced survival and increased tumor incidence.
“Both homozygous and heterozygous Abraxas knockout mice exhibited decreased survival and increased tumor incidence.”
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Findingown dataTumors were detected in some Abraxas+/- or Abraxas-/- mice as early as 8 months, and the mean age of tumor development was 17 months for Abraxas-/- and 24 months for Abraxas+/- mice.
“Although tumors were detected in some Abraxas+/- or Abraxas-/- mice as early as 8 months of age, the mean age of Abraxas-/- and Abraxas+/- mice that developed tumor was 17 months and 24 months respectively.”
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Findingown dataIR-treated Abraxas-/- MEFs show multiple breaks per metaphase and significant increases in chromosomal fusions and radial structures, whereas wild-type aberrations are mostly single breaks and rarely fusions or radial structures.
“while chromosomal aberrations in wild type cells are mostly single breaks and very rarely fusions and radial structures, IR treated Abraxas-/- MEFs manifested multiple breaks per metaphase as well as significant increases in chromosomal fusion events and radial structures (Figure 5C and 5D).”
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Findingnone givenAbraxas seems unnecessary for ubiquitination of FancD2 and for its recruitment to crosslink lesions.
“Since Abraxas does not appear to be required for FancD2 ubiquitination and recruitment to crosslink damage sites”
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Findingown dataAbraxas+/- and Abraxas-/- mice have significantly reduced life span and decreased disease-free survival compared with wild-type mice.
“Compared to wild-type mice, Abraxas+/- and Abraxas-/- mice had a significantly reduced life span exhibiting decreased disease-free survival (Figure 6A).”
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Findingown dataGene copy number loss of the Abraxas locus at chromosome 4q21 is frequent in ovarian, breast (especially basal subtype), lung, and colon cancers, and involves loss of the whole chromosome 4q arm.
“Gene copy number loss of the Abraxas locus at chromosome 4q21 is frequently found in ovarian, breast (especially basal subtype), lung, and colon cancers, which involves the loss of whole chromosome 4q arm (Figure 7B and Supplemental Table S1).”
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Findingnone givenAbraxas is not required for stalled replication fork protection.
“Abraxas, unlike BRCA1, is not required for embryonic development or stalled replication fork protection.”
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Findingown dataAbraxas interacts with FancD2 in co-immunoprecipitation assays, and this interaction is not induced by IR or MMC.
“In addition, Abraxas interacted with FancD2 in co-immunoprocipitation assays and the interaction appeared not to be induced by DNA damaging agents such as IR or MMC treatment (Figure 4B).”
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Findingnone givenAbraxas shows lower expression, copy-number loss, and mutation across several human tumor types, including breast and ovarian cancer.
“In addition, reduced expression, gene copy loss and mutation of Abraxas are also observed in multiple types of human tumor including breast and ovarian cancer.”
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Findingown dataAmong 26 non-synonymous Abraxas mutations, five nonsense mutations and one frame-shift insertion generate truncated or abnormal protein products that lack the pSPxF motif and cannot bind BRCA1.
“Among all 26 non-synonymous mutations found in Abraxas, five nonsense mutations and one frame-shift insertion were found to generate truncated or abnormal protein products that lack the pSPxF motif and incapable of binding to the BRCA1 protein.”
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Findingown dataAbraxas-deficient cells had more spontaneous breaks and more IR-induced chromosomal abnormalities than wild-type cells, including multiple breaks, fusions, and radial forms.
“compared to wild type cells, Abraxas-/- cells displayed increased spontaneous breaks and IR induced chromosome aberrations including multiple breaks, fusions and radial structures.”
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Findingown dataMice lacking Abraxas survive and appear at the expected Mendelian frequency.
“Abraxas null mice are viable and born at expected Mendelian ratios”
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Findingown dataAbraxas is not required for FancD2 foci formation or FancD2 ubiquitination after MMC treatment in human cells treated with Abraxas shRNAs.
“We found that Abraxas is not required for FancD2 foci formation or ubiquitination in response to MMC treatment (Figure S4).”
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Findingown dataSomatic mutations of Abraxas occur in endometrial, colon, lung, liver, kidney cancers and leukemia, with the highest mutation rate in endometrial cancer at 2.5%.
“Furthermore, somatic mutations of Abraxas are found in endometrial, colon, lung, liver, kidney cancers, and in leukemia (Supplemental Table S1 and S2) with the highest mutation rate found in endometrial cancer (2.5%).”
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Findingown dataTumor samples from Abraxas+/- mice retained the wild-type allele and expressed Abraxas.
“The tumor samples analyzed appeared to retain the wild type allele and expression of Abraxas indicating the remaining wild-type allele is expressed (Figure S7)”
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Findingown dataMice with no or one functional Abraxas allele develop tumors at a high rate, exceeding 60%, mostly lymphomas and other tumor types.
“Both Abraxas null and heterozygous mice are tumor prone with over 60% tumor incidence developing lymphomas and other tumors.”
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Findingown dataIR-induced chromosome aberrations in Abraxas null cells are greatly reduced by wild-type Abraxas but not by the S404A mutant defective in BRCA1 interaction.
“The IR-induced chromosome aberrations in Abraxas null cell were greatly reduced when the null cells were complemented with expression of wild type Abraxas but not with the S404A mutant that is defective in interacting with BRCA1.”
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Findingown dataMice without Abraxas are hypersensitive to ionizing radiation, and Abraxas-deficient MEFs are hypersensitive to agents including IR, MMC, and PARPi.
“In addition, lack of Abraxas in mice results in hypersensitivity of mice to IR and MEF cells to DNA damaging agents such as IR, MMC and PARPi.”
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Findingown dataRap80 interacts with FancD2, and this interaction is independent of DNA damage.
“Rap80, another component in the BRCA1-A complex also interacted with FancD2, and similarly, the interaction was independent of DNA damage (Figure S4).”
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PremisecitationMice carrying a BRCA1 BRCT mutant defective in phosphoprotein recognition are prone to tumors, indicating that BRCT phosphoprotein recognition is required for BRCA1 tumor suppression.
“Mice carrying a BRCT mutant of BRCA1 defective in recognition of phosphorylated proteins are prone to tumor development indicating that BRCT phosphoprotein recognition is required for BRCA1 tumor suppression (Shakya et al., 2011).”
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Interpretationown dataInteraction of Abraxas with BRCA1, and formation of the BRCA1-A complex, is critical for efficient DNA repair.
“Together, these results indicate that the interaction of Abraxas with BRCA1, as well as the formation of the BRCA1-A complex, is critical for efficient DNA repair.”
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Premisenone givenAbraxas dimerizes with BRCC36 through a coiled-coil domain present on both proteins.
“In addition, Abraxas dimerizes with BRCC36 through a coiled-coil domain present on both proteins.”
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PremisecitationAbraxas, Bach1, and CtIP directly interact with BRCA1 BRCT domains through the pSPxF motif in a phosphorylation-dependent manner, forming mutually exclusive A, B, and C complexes.
“Three proteins, Abraxas (also known as Abra1, FAM175A, CCDC98), Bach1 (also known as Brip1, FancJ) and CtIP (also known as RBBP8), directly interact with the BRCA1 BRCT domains through the pSPxF motif in a phosphorylation-dependent manner forming mutually exclusive complexes, which were thus named as the A, B and C complexes of BRCA1 (Greenberg et al., 2006; Kim et al., 2007; Liu et al., 2007;”
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PremisecitationBRCT domains are frequently affected by clinically important mutations, and most of these mutations disrupt the BRCT domain's phosphopeptide-binding surface.
“BRCT domains are frequently targeted by many clinically important mutations and most of these mutations disrupt the binding surface of the BRCT domains to phosphorylated peptides (Bouwman et al., 2013; Glover, 2006).”
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PremisecitationAbraxas is a central adaptor protein in the BRCA1 A complex and contains domains needed for interactions with BRCA1 and other complex components.
“In the BRCA1 A complex, Abraxas appears to be a central adaptor protein, as it harbors several domains necessary for the interactions with BRCA1 and other components in the complex (Wang, 2012).”
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PremisecitationThe C-terminal BRCT domains of BRCA1 form a phospho-peptide recognition domain that specifically binds phospho-peptides containing a pSPxF motif.
“The C-terminal BRCT domains of BRCA1 constitute a phospho-peptide recognition domain that binds specifically to phospho-peptides containing a pSPxF (phosphor-serine-proline-x-phenylalanine) motif (Manke et al., 2003; Rodriguez et al., 2003; Yu et al., 2003).”
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PremisecitationBRCA1 is implicated in a repair-independent mechanism that protects stalled replication forks from degradation.
“BRCA1 is implicated in a repair-independent mechanism in protecting stalled replication forks from degradation to maintain genome stability (Schlacher et al., 2012).”
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PremisecitationBRCA1-deficient cells show significant shortening of fork length after hydroxyurea treatment, indicating degradation of stalled replication forks.
“As previously shown, BRCA1-deficient cells show significant shortening of fork length following hydroxyurea (HU) treatment indicating degradation of stalled replication forks.”
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Premisenone givenThe N-terminus of Abraxas, including its MPN domain, is important for interactions with NBA1, BRE, and Rap80.
“The N-terminus of Abraxas including a MPN domain is important for interactions with NBA1, BRE and Rap80.”
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InterpretationreasoningAbraxas does not participate in all functions of BRCA1.
“However, it is also not surprising that Abraxas does not participate in all the function of BRCA1.”
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InterpretationreasoningAbraxas is important in BRCA1 signaling and accounts for part of BRCA1's contribution to DSB repair and genome stability.
“This is consistent with Abraxas plays an important role in BRCA1 signaling, mediating at least partly of BRCA1's role in double strand break repair and maintaining genome stability.”
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PremisecitationIn mice, the genetic background affects which tumor type appears and how long it takes.
“it is known that genetic background plays a role in both the type of tumor that develops and tumor latency in mice (Donehower and Lozano, 2009).”
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InterpretationreasoningAbraxas contributes to BRCA1 signaling for DNA repair and genome stability, and probably for tumor suppression too.
“Thus, Abraxas is part of the BRCA1 signaling in DNA repair, maintenance of genome stability and likely tumor suppression as well.”
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“It is also likely to be part of the BRCA1 signaling that contributes to tumor suppression.”
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PremisecitationBRCA1 interacts with FancD2 and mediates FancD2 foci formation after mitomycin C treatment.
“Since BRCA1 interacts with FancD2 and mediates FancD2 foci formation after treatment with MMC (Bunting et al., 2012; Garcia-Higuera et al., 2001; Vandenberg et al., 2003)”
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Before this study, the role of Abraxas in DNA repair, BRCA1 signaling, and tumor suppression was not clear.
“However it's role in DNA repair, BRCA1 signaling and tumor suppression is not clear.”
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In breast and ovarian cancer, somatic BRCA1 mutation rate is low.
“In breast cancer and ovarian cancer, somatic BRCA1 mutation rate is low.”
The paper relies on this without support.
Abraxas and its partner Rap80 bind FancD2 and localize to crosslink lesions.
“Both Abraxas and its interacting protein Rap80 interact with FancD2 and are recruited to DNA crosslink damage sites”
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Their recruitment to crosslink lesions requires stalled replication forks.
“the recruitment appears to depend on the presence of stalled replication forks”
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The 4 patients with deficiencies in BRCA1-binding proteins BARD1, BRIP1, FAM175A and FANCA were all predicted as having BRCA1-type HRD.
“Likewise, the 4 patients with deficiencies in the BRCA1-binding proteins, BARD124 (n = 1), BRIP125 (n = 1), FAM175A26 (n = 1) and FANCA27 (n = 1), were all predicted as having BRCA1-type HRD.”
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- Authors
- Castillo, A., Paul, A., Sun, B., Huang, T. H., Wang, Y., Yazinski, S. A., Tyler, J., Li, L., You, M. J., Zou, L., Yao, J., & Wang, B.
- Affiliations
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Bin
- ORCID
- Venue
- Cell Reports
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-08
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 807-817
- ISSN
- 2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4149256
- OpenAlex
- W2069400465
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 3.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- National Cancer Institute (P50CA100632, R21CA179441, CA 009299, T32CA009299, R01CA095641, R01CA164346, R01CA155025, CA179441, CA127945, R01CA127945, CA155025, CA164346, P30CA016672)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › BRCA gene mutations in cancer
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
- Keywords
- Abraxas, BRCA1, BRCT domain, tumor suppression, genome stability, DNA repair, somatic mutations, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, knockout mice, tumor incidence
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Breast Neoplasms, Carrier Proteins, DNA Repair, Female, Homozygote, Humans, Ovarian Neoplasms, Protein Binding, 3T3 Cells, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Germ-Line Mutation, BRCA1 Protein, Genomic Instability, Mice, HEK293 Cells
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