K. W. Kohn

Publication List Details

Period

1999 - 1999

Number

37

Co-Authors

Interaction of an alkylating camptothecin derivative with a DNA base at topoisomerase I-DNA cleavage sites.

Pommier, Y, Kohlhagen, G, Kohn, K W, Leteurtre, F, Wani, M C, Wall, M E

DNA topoisomerase I (top1) is a ubiquitous nuclear enzyme. It is specifically inhibited by camptothecin, a natural product derived from the bark of the tree Camptotheca acuminata. Camptothecin and...

Role of the cdc25C phosphatase in G2 arrest induced by nitrogen mustard.

O'Connor, P M, Ferris, D K, Hoffmann, I, Jackman, J, Draetta, G, Kohn, K W

G2 arrest induced by nitrogen mustard in human lymphoma CA46 cells is associated with a failure to activate hyperphosphorylated cdc2/cyclin B1 complexes. We investigated the possibility that this...

Inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus integrase.

Fesen, M R, Kohn, K W, Leteurtre, F, Pommier, Y

In an effort to further extend the number of targets for development of antiretroviral agents, we have used an in vitro integrase assay to investigate a variety of chemicals, including topoisomerase...

Identification within the simian virus 40 genome of a chromosomal loop attachment site that contains topoisomerase II cleavage sites.

Pommier, Y, Cockerill, P N, Kohn, K W, Garrard, W T

We demonstrate that the simian virus 40 genome contains a single MAR (matrix association region) that maps within a large T-antigen coding region (nucleotides 4071 to 4377). This region contains...

Induction of cleavage in topoisomerase I c-DNA by topoisomerase I enzymes from calf thymus and wheat germ in the presence and absence of camptothecin.

Tanizawa, A, Kohn, K W, Pommier, Y

In this study, we further examined the sequence selectivity of camptothecin in mammalian topoisomerase I cDNA from human and Chinese hamster. In the absence of camptothecin, almost all the bases at...

X-ray induced DNA double strand break production and repair in mammalian cells as measured by neutral filter elution.

Bradley, M O, Kohn, K W

This work presents a neutral filter elution method for detecting DNA double strand breaks in mouse L1210 cells after X-ray. The assay will detect the number of double strand breaks induced by as...

Local base sequence preferences for DNA cleavage by mammalian topoisomerase II in the presence of amsacrine or teniposide.

Pommier, Y, Capranico, G, Orr, A, Kohn, K W

Several classes of antitumor drugs are known to stabilize topoisomerase complexes in which the enzyme is covalently bound to a terminus of a DNA strand break. The DNA cleavage sites generally are...

Nucleosome positioning as a critical determinant for the DNA cleavage sites of mammalian DNA topoisomerase II in reconstituted simian virus 40 chromatin.

Capranico, G, Jaxel, C, Roberge, M, Kohn, K W, Pommier, Y

We have assessed the ability of nucleosomes to influence the formation of mammalian topoisomerase II-DNA complexes by mapping the sites of cleavage induced by four unrelated topoisomerase II...

Local sequence requirements for DNA cleavage by mammalian topoisomerase II in the presence of doxorubicin.

Capranico, G, Kohn, K W, Pommier, Y

Doxorubicin, a DNA-intercalator, is one of several anti-cancer drugs that have been found to stabilizes topoisomerase II cleavage complexes at drug-specific DNA sites. The distribution and DNA...

DNA single-strand breaks during repair of UV damage in human fibroblasts and abnormalities of repair in xeroderma pigmentosum.

Fornace, A J, Kohn, K W, Kann, H E

The method of DNA alkaline elution was applied to a study of the formation and resealing of DNA single-strand breaks after irradiation of human fibroblasts with ultraviolet light (UV). The general...

Topoisomerase I interaction with SV40 DNA in the presence and absence of camptothecin.

Jaxel, C, Kohn, K W, Pommier, Y

Camptothecin is an antitumor drug, which is a specific inhibitor of eukaryotic topoisomerase I. Enzyme inhibition is related to the stabilization of cleavable complexes between topoisomerase I and...

DNA sequence selectivity of guanine-N7 alkylation by nitrogen mustards.

Mattes, W B, Hartley, J A, Kohn, K W

Nitrogen mustards alkylate DNA primarily at the N7 position of guanine. Using an approach analogous to that of the Maxam-Gilbert procedure for DNA sequence analysis, we have examined the relative...

Mechanisms of DNA sequence selective alkylation of guanine-N7 positions by nitrogen mustards.

Kohn, K W, Hartley, J A, Mattes, W B

Quantitative determinations were carried out of the relative reaction rates of several nitrogen mustards at various guanine-N7 positions in DNA fragments of known sequence. The findings suggest...

DNA crosslinking and cytotoxicity in normal and transformed human cells treated with antitumor nitrosoureas.

Erickson, L C, Bradley, M O, Ducore, J M, Ewig, R A, Kohn, K W

Normal (IMR-90) and simian virus 40-transformed (VA-13) human embryo cells were treated with antitumor nitrosoureas, and the effects on cell viability and cell DNA were compared. All six nitrosoureas...

The gadd and MyD genes define a novel set of mammalian genes encoding acidic proteins that synergistically suppress cell growth.

Zhan, Q, Lord, K A, Alamo, I, Hollander, M C, Carrier, F, Ron, D, ...

A remarkable overlap was observed between the gadd genes, a group of often coordinately expressed genes that are induced by genotoxic stress and certain other growth arrest signals, and the MyD...

Fluorescent light-induced DNA crosslinkage and chromatid breaks in mouse cells in culture.

Gantt, R, Parshad, R, Ewig, R A, Sanford, K K, Jones, G M, Tarone, R E, ...

A single 20-hr exposure of mouse cells derived from embryonic or lung tissue to cool-white fluorescent light (4.6 W/m2) causes both DNA damage and chromosome aberrations including chromatid breaks,...

Replication-mediated DNA damage by camptothecin induces phosphorylation of RPA by DNA-dependent protein kinase and dissociates RPA:DNA-PK complexes.

Shao, R G, Cao, C X, Zhang, H, Kohn, K W, Wold, M S, Pommier, Y

Replication protein A (RPA) is a DNA single-strand binding protein essential for DNA replication, recombination and repair. In human cells treated with the topoisomerase inhibitors camptothecin or...

Interaction of an alkylating camptothecin derivative with a DNA base at topoisomerase I-DNA cleavage sites.

Pommier, Y, Kohlhagen, G, Kohn, K W, Leteurtre, F, Wani, M C, Wall, M E

DNA topoisomerase I (top1) is a ubiquitous nuclear enzyme. It is specifically inhibited by camptothecin, a natural product derived from the bark of the tree Camptotheca acuminata. Camptothecin and...

Role of the cdc25C phosphatase in G2 arrest induced by nitrogen mustard.

O'Connor, P M, Ferris, D K, Hoffmann, I, Jackman, J, Draetta, G, Kohn, K W

G2 arrest induced by nitrogen mustard in human lymphoma CA46 cells is associated with a failure to activate hyperphosphorylated cdc2/cyclin B1 complexes. We investigated the possibility that this...

Inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus integrase.

Fesen, M R, Kohn, K W, Leteurtre, F, Pommier, Y

In an effort to further extend the number of targets for development of antiretroviral agents, we have used an in vitro integrase assay to investigate a variety of chemicals, including topoisomerase...

Identification within the simian virus 40 genome of a chromosomal loop attachment site that contains topoisomerase II cleavage sites.

Pommier, Y, Cockerill, P N, Kohn, K W, Garrard, W T

We demonstrate that the simian virus 40 genome contains a single MAR (matrix association region) that maps within a large T-antigen coding region (nucleotides 4071 to 4377). This region contains...

Induction of cleavage in topoisomerase I c-DNA by topoisomerase I enzymes from calf thymus and wheat germ in the presence and absence of camptothecin.

Tanizawa, A, Kohn, K W, Pommier, Y

In this study, we further examined the sequence selectivity of camptothecin in mammalian topoisomerase I cDNA from human and Chinese hamster. In the absence of camptothecin, almost all the bases at...

X-ray induced DNA double strand break production and repair in mammalian cells as measured by neutral filter elution.

Bradley, M O, Kohn, K W

This work presents a neutral filter elution method for detecting DNA double strand breaks in mouse L1210 cells after X-ray. The assay will detect the number of double strand breaks induced by as...

Local base sequence preferences for DNA cleavage by mammalian topoisomerase II in the presence of amsacrine or teniposide.

Pommier, Y, Capranico, G, Orr, A, Kohn, K W

Several classes of antitumor drugs are known to stabilize topoisomerase complexes in which the enzyme is covalently bound to a terminus of a DNA strand break. The DNA cleavage sites generally are...

Nucleosome positioning as a critical determinant for the DNA cleavage sites of mammalian DNA topoisomerase II in reconstituted simian virus 40 chromatin.

Capranico, G, Jaxel, C, Roberge, M, Kohn, K W, Pommier, Y

We have assessed the ability of nucleosomes to influence the formation of mammalian topoisomerase II-DNA complexes by mapping the sites of cleavage induced by four unrelated topoisomerase II...

Local sequence requirements for DNA cleavage by mammalian topoisomerase II in the presence of doxorubicin.

Capranico, G, Kohn, K W, Pommier, Y

Doxorubicin, a DNA-intercalator, is one of several anti-cancer drugs that have been found to stabilizes topoisomerase II cleavage complexes at drug-specific DNA sites. The distribution and DNA...

DNA single-strand breaks during repair of UV damage in human fibroblasts and abnormalities of repair in xeroderma pigmentosum.

Fornace, A J, Kohn, K W, Kann, H E

The method of DNA alkaline elution was applied to a study of the formation and resealing of DNA single-strand breaks after irradiation of human fibroblasts with ultraviolet light (UV). The general...

Topoisomerase I interaction with SV40 DNA in the presence and absence of camptothecin.

Jaxel, C, Kohn, K W, Pommier, Y

Camptothecin is an antitumor drug, which is a specific inhibitor of eukaryotic topoisomerase I. Enzyme inhibition is related to the stabilization of cleavable complexes between topoisomerase I and...

DNA sequence selectivity of guanine-N7 alkylation by nitrogen mustards.

Mattes, W B, Hartley, J A, Kohn, K W

Nitrogen mustards alkylate DNA primarily at the N7 position of guanine. Using an approach analogous to that of the Maxam-Gilbert procedure for DNA sequence analysis, we have examined the relative...

Mechanisms of DNA sequence selective alkylation of guanine-N7 positions by nitrogen mustards.

Kohn, K W, Hartley, J A, Mattes, W B

Quantitative determinations were carried out of the relative reaction rates of several nitrogen mustards at various guanine-N7 positions in DNA fragments of known sequence. The findings suggest...

DNA crosslinking and cytotoxicity in normal and transformed human cells treated with antitumor nitrosoureas.

Erickson, L C, Bradley, M O, Ducore, J M, Ewig, R A, Kohn, K W

Normal (IMR-90) and simian virus 40-transformed (VA-13) human embryo cells were treated with antitumor nitrosoureas, and the effects on cell viability and cell DNA were compared. All six nitrosoureas...

The gadd and MyD genes define a novel set of mammalian genes encoding acidic proteins that synergistically suppress cell growth.

Zhan, Q, Lord, K A, Alamo, I, Hollander, M C, Carrier, F, Ron, D, ...

A remarkable overlap was observed between the gadd genes, a group of often coordinately expressed genes that are induced by genotoxic stress and certain other growth arrest signals, and the MyD...

Fluorescent light-induced DNA crosslinkage and chromatid breaks in mouse cells in culture.

Gantt, R, Parshad, R, Ewig, R A, Sanford, K K, Jones, G M, Tarone, R E, ...

A single 20-hr exposure of mouse cells derived from embryonic or lung tissue to cool-white fluorescent light (4.6 W/m2) causes both DNA damage and chromosome aberrations including chromatid breaks,...

Replication-mediated DNA damage by camptothecin induces phosphorylation of RPA by DNA-dependent protein kinase and dissociates RPA:DNA-PK complexes.

Shao, R G, Cao, C X, Zhang, H, Kohn, K W, Wold, M S, Pommier, Y

Replication protein A (RPA) is a DNA single-strand binding protein essential for DNA replication, recombination and repair. In human cells treated with the topoisomerase inhibitors camptothecin or...