The NSL Chromatin-Modifying Complex Subunit KANSL2 Regulates Cancer Stem-like Properties in Glioblastoma That Contribute to Tumorigenesis.
KANSL2 is an integral subunit of the nonspecific lethal (NSL) chromatin-modifying complex that contributes to epigenetic programs in embryonic stem cells. In this study, we report a role for KANSL2 in regulation of stemness in glioblastoma (GBM), which is characterized by heterogeneous tumor stem-like cells associated with therapy resistance and disease relapse. KANSL2 expression is upregulated in cancer cells, mainly at perivascular regions of tumors. RNAi-mediated silencing of KANSL2 in GBM cells impairs their tumorigenic capacity in mouse xenograft models. In clinical specimens, we found that expression levels of KANSL2 correlate with stemness markers in GBM stem-like cell populations. M…
The interaction of S,N-coordinated dimethyltin(IV) derivatives with deoxyribonucleic acid: structure and dynamics by119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy
Complexes Me2SnCl(SPy) and Me2SnCl(SPym) (HSPy = 2-mercaptopyridine; HSPym = 2-mercaptopyrimidine), from ethanol solutions, interact with aqueous calf-thymus DNA yielding condensed phases with probable Me2Sn(SPy,SPym) (DNA monomer) stoichiometries of 1:1; the condensation of DNA is inferred originated from electrostatic bonding between complex cations Me2Sn(SPy,SPym)+ and the phosphate oxygen of the phosphodiester groups. Octahedral-or trigonal-bipyramidal tin environments are inferred from the point-charge model treatment of the 119Sn Mossbauer parameter nuclear quadrupole splitting, considering the bonding by S and N, or only S donor atoms from the ligand, as well as possible coordination…
Diorganotin(IV)-2-mercaptopyrimidine complexes
The complexes formed between the diorganotin(IV) moieties, R 2 Sn(IV), and the ligand 2-mercaptopyrimidine, (H)SPym, were investigated. Complexes R 2 SnHal(SPym) and R 2 Sn(SPym) 2 [R = Me, i Pr, n Bu, i Bu, t Bu, cyclohexyl(Cy), Ph] were synthesized, and characterized by elemental analysis. In the solid state, chelation of SPym through S and N donors was established by IR spectroscopy, and the nature of the environment of tin centers was investigated by 119 Sn Mossbauer spectroscopy. From the dynamics of 119 Sn nuclei determined by variable-temperature measurements on representative compounds [Me 2 SnCl(SPym) and Cy 2- SnBr(SPym)], as well as by point-charge model treatment of nuclear quad…