Replication gaps are a key determinant of PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality with BRCA deficiency

Autor: Eli Rothenberg, Ke Cong, Silviana Lee, Nicholas J. Panzarino, Katherine S. Pawelczak, Neil Johnson, Sumeet Nayak, Min Peng, Arne Nedergaard Kousholt, Pamela S. VanderVere-Carozza, Jos Jonkers, Jennifer A. Calvo, Wei Ting C. Lee, John J. Turchi, John J. Krais, Sharon B. Cantor
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Mol Cell
ISSN: 1097-4164
Popis: Mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA) is synthetic lethal with poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi). Lethality is thought to derive from DNA double-stranded breaks (DSBs) necessitating BRCA function in homologous recombination (HR) and/or fork protection (FP). Here, we report instead that toxicity derives from replication gaps. BRCA1- or FANCJ-deficient cells, with common repair defects but distinct PARPi responses, reveal gaps as a distinguishing factor. We further uncouple HR, FP, and fork speed from PARPi response. Instead, gaps characterize BRCA-deficient cells, are diminished upon resistance, restored upon resensitization, and, when exposed, augment PARPi toxicity. Unchallenged BRCA1-deficient cells have elevated poly(ADP-ribose) and chromatin-associated PARP1, but aberrantly low XRCC1 consistent with defects in backup Okazaki fragment processing (OFP). 53BP1 loss resuscitates OFP by restoring XRCC1-LIG3 that suppresses the sensitivity of BRCA1-deficient cells to drugs targeting OFP or generating gaps. We highlight gaps as a determinant of PARPi toxicity changing the paradigm for synthetic lethal interactions.
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