Erratum for the Perspective: "Laying a trap to kill cancer cells: PARP inhibitors and their mechanisms of action" by Y. Pommier, M. J. OConnor, J. de Bono

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (368) ◽  
pp. 368er7-368er7 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (362) ◽  
pp. 362ps17-362ps17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Pommier ◽  
M. J. OConnor ◽  
J. de Bono

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 4203
Author(s):  
Giorgio Valabrega ◽  
Giulia Scotto ◽  
Valentina Tuninetti ◽  
Arianna Pani ◽  
Francesco Scaglione

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARP) are proteins responsible for DNA damage detection and signal transduction. PARP inhibitors (PARPi) are able to interact with the binding site for PARP cofactor (NAD+) and trapping PARP on the DNA. In this way, they inhibit single-strand DNA damage repair. These drugs have been approved in recent years for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Although they share some similarities, from the point of view of the chemical structure and pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic properties, these drugs also have some substantial differences. These differences may underlie the different safety profiles and activity of PARPi.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1201
Author(s):  
Garri Manasaryan ◽  
Dmitry Suplatov ◽  
Sergey Pushkarev ◽  
Viktor Drobot ◽  
Alexander Kuimov ◽  
...  

The PARP family consists of 17 members with diverse functions, including those related to cancer cells’ viability. Several PARP inhibitors are of great interest as innovative anticancer drugs, but they have low selectivity towards distinct PARP family members and exert serious adverse effects. We describe a family-wide study of the nicotinamide (NA) binding site, an important functional region in the PARP structure, using comparative bioinformatic analysis and molecular modeling. Mutations in the NA site and D-loop mobility around the NA site were identified as factors that can guide the design of selective PARP inhibitors. Our findings are of particular importance for the development of novel tankyrase (PARPs 5a and 5b) inhibitors for cancer therapy.


PeerJ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. e9234
Author(s):  
Xin Wen ◽  
Shui Liu ◽  
Jiyao Sheng ◽  
Manhua Cui

Cervical cancer (CC) remains a major disease burden on the female population worldwide. Chemotherapy with cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II); CDDP) and related drugs are the main treatment option for CC; however, their efficacy is limited by the development of drug resistance. Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been found to play critical roles in numerous physiological and pathological cellular processes, including drug resistance of cancer cells. In this review, we describe some of the ncRNAs, including miRNAs, lncRNAs and circRNAs, that are involved in the sensitivity/resistance of CC to CDDP-based chemotherapy and discuss their mechanisms of action. We also describe some ncRNAs that could be therapeutic targets to improve the sensitivity of CC to CDDP-based chemotherapy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (17) ◽  
pp. e2024258118
Author(s):  
Nanda Kumar Jegadesan ◽  
Dana Branzei

DDX11 encodes an iron–sulfur cluster DNA helicase required for development, mutated, and overexpressed in cancers. Here, we show that loss of DDX11 causes replication stress and sensitizes cancer cells to DNA damaging agents, including poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors and platinum drugs. We find that DDX11 helicase activity prevents chemotherapy drug hypersensitivity and accumulation of DNA damage. Mechanistically, DDX11 acts downstream of 53BP1 to mediate homology-directed repair and RAD51 focus formation in manners nonredundant with BRCA1 and BRCA2. As a result, DDX11 down-regulation aggravates the chemotherapeutic sensitivity of BRCA1/2-mutated cancers and resensitizes chemotherapy drug–resistant BRCA1/2-mutated cancer cells that regained homologous recombination proficiency. The results further indicate that DDX11 facilitates recombination repair by assisting double strand break resection and the loading of both RPA and RAD51 on single-stranded DNA substrates. We propose DDX11 as a potential target in cancers by creating pharmacologically exploitable DNA repair vulnerabilities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e14026-e14026
Author(s):  
Ronald Ramos ◽  
Seth Andrew Climans ◽  
Ashley Adile ◽  
Pegah Ghiassi ◽  
Stephanie Baker ◽  
...  

e14026 Background: Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutations are frequently observed in low grade gliomas and secondary glioblastoma. Mutant IDH enzymes aberrantly convert α-ketoglutarate (αKG) to 2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG). Accumulation of 2HG inhibits αKG-dependent dioxygenases, many of which are involved in epigenetic regulation. This can lead to cellular dedifferentiation and tumor formation. IDH-mutated cancer cells exhibit defective homologous recombination repair, providing the rationale for investigating poly (adenosine 5’-diphophate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in these tumors. Blockade of programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD‐L1) re‐sensitizes PARP inhibitor treated cancer cells to T‐cell killing. We report the preliminary results of the glioma arm of a clinical trial of a PARP inhibitor, olaparib plus PD-L1 inhibitor, durvalumab, for IDH-mutated solid cancer. Methods: This is a single arm phase II basket study (NCT03991832). Patients with IDH-mutated solid tumors are divided into three cohorts; A: glioma; B: cholangiocarcinoma; C: all other solid tumors. Major eligibility criteria include IDH mutation by immunohistochemistry or sequencing, progressive disease with maximum two prior systemic therapies, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG) 0 –1 and adequate organ function. Patients were excluded if they had received prior PARP inhibitors or anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies. Patients were treated with olaparib 300 mg orally twice daily continuously and durvalumab 1500 mg IV every 4 weeks. Each cycle was 4 weeks. Tumor response was evaluated by MRI after every 2 cycles of study treatments using response evaluation criteria in solid tumors (RECIST). Results: As of Jan 2021, 9 patients were enrolled in Arm A, 7 men and 2 women. The median age was 42 years. Eight patients had IDH1 mutations and 1 had an IDH2 mutation. There were two patients with 1p/19q codeletion. Two patients had grade 2 tumors, four had grade 3, and three had grade 4 tumors. Median time since tumor diagnosis was 7 years. Objective response was seen in 1 patient with an IDH-mutated glioblastoma who remains on study treatments after 8 cycles. Six patients (67%) had tumor progression after two cycles. Two patients had stable disease as per RECIST but had clinical deterioration and did not continue the combined treatment. Common treatment emergent adverse events were all grade 1: fatigue (8 patients), nausea (6), abdominal pain (3), anemia (3), thrombocytopenia (3), and diarrhea (2). Median progression free survival was 2.5 months (range 1.9–8 months). Updated analysis and correlative studies will be presented at the meeting. Conclusions: Combination treatment with olaparib and durvalumab for patients with IDH-mutated glioma is well tolerated but appears to lack adequate antitumor activity. Clinical trial information: NCT03991832.


Cells ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamila Burdova ◽  
Radka Storchova ◽  
Matous Palek ◽  
Libor Macurek

Genotoxic stress triggers a combined action of DNA repair and cell cycle checkpoint pathways. Protein phosphatase 2C delta (referred to as WIP1) is involved in timely inactivation of DNA damage response by suppressing function of p53 and other targets at chromatin. Here we show that WIP1 promotes DNA repair through homologous recombination. Loss or inhibition of WIP1 delayed disappearance of the ionizing radiation-induced 53BP1 foci in S/G2 cells and promoted cell death. We identify breast cancer associated protein 1 (BRCA1) as interactor and substrate of WIP1 and demonstrate that WIP1 activity is needed for correct dynamics of BRCA1 recruitment to chromatin flanking the DNA lesion. In addition, WIP1 dephosphorylates 53BP1 at Threonine 543 that was previously implicated in mediating interaction with RIF1. Finally, we report that inhibition of WIP1 allowed accumulation of DNA damage in S/G2 cells and increased sensitivity of cancer cells to a poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib. We propose that inhibition of WIP1 may increase sensitivity of BRCA1-proficient cancer cells to olaparib.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Man Keung ◽  
Yanyuan Wu ◽  
Jaydutt Vadgama

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) play an important role in various cellular processes, such as replication, recombination, chromatin remodeling, and DNA repair. Emphasizing PARP’s role in facilitating DNA repair, the PARP pathway has been a target for cancer researchers in developing compounds which selectively target cancer cells and increase sensitivity of cancer cells to other anticancer agents, but which also leave normal cells unaffected. Since certain tumors (BRCA1/2 mutants) have deficient homologous recombination repair pathways, they depend on PARP-mediated base excision repair for survival. Thus, inhibition of PARP is a promising strategy to selectively kill cancer cells by inactivating complementary DNA repair pathways. Although PARP inhibitor therapy has predominantly targeted BRCA-mutated cancers, this review also highlights the growing conversation around PARP inhibitor treatment for non-BRCA-mutant tumors, those which exhibit BRCAness and homologous recombination deficiency. We provide an update on the field’s progress by considering PARP inhibitor mechanisms, predictive biomarkers, and clinical trials of PARP inhibitors in development. Bringing light to these findings would provide a basis for expanding the use of PARP inhibitors beyond BRCA-mutant breast tumors.


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