Previous studies in malignant cells have shown that irradiation-induced upregulation of telomerase activity,not only protected damaged telomeres, but also contributed to DNA damage repair by chromosomal healing andincreased resistance to irradiation[1;2].To investigate the radiosensitizing mechanism of telomerase inhibition, the influence of telomerase inhibitor(MST-312) combined with X-ray irradiation on -H2AX foci were determined. As shown in Fig. 1(a), the combinedtreatment resulted in retention of -H2AX nuclear foci and significant decrease of DNA damage repair.
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