RT Journal Article T1 TDP2 suppresses genomic instability induced by androgens in the epithelial cells of prostate glands. A1 Al Mahmud, Md Rasel A1 Ishii, Kenichiro A1 Bernal-Lozano, Cristina A1 Delgado-Sainz, Irene A1 Toi, Masakazu A1 Akamatsu, Shusuke A1 Fukumoto, Manabu A1 Watanabe, Masatoshi A1 Takeda, Shunichi A1 Cortés-Ledesma, Felipe A1 Sasanuma, Hiroyuki K1 DNA double-strand break K1 TDP2 K1 androgen K1 atypical epithelial hyperplasia K1 prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia K1 topoisomerase 2 AB Androgens stimulate the proliferation of epithelial cells in the prostate by activating topoisomerase 2 (TOP2) and regulating the transcription of target genes. TOP2 resolves the entanglement of genomic DNA by transiently generating double-strand breaks (DSBs), where TOP2 homodimers covalently bind to 5' DSB ends, called TOP2-DNA cleavage complexes (TOP2ccs). When TOP2 fails to rejoin TOP2ccs generating stalled TOP2ccs, tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase-2 (TDP2) removes 5' TOP2 adducts from stalled TOP2ccs prior to the ligation of the DSBs by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ), the dominant DSB repair pathway in G0 /G1 phases. We previously showed that estrogens frequently generate stalled TOP2ccs in G0 /G1 phases. Here, we show that physiological concentrations of androgens induce several DSBs in individual human prostate cancer cells during G1 phase, and loss of TDP2 causes a five times higher number of androgen-induced chromosome breaks in mitotic chromosome spreads. Intraperitoneally injected androgens induce several DSBs in individual epithelial cells of the prostate in TDP2-deficient mice, even at 20 hr postinjection. In conclusion, physiological concentrations of androgens have very strong genotoxicity, most likely by generating stalled TOP2ccs. YR 2020 FD 2020-05-05 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15356 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15356 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 6, 2025