Exploiting Chromosomal Instability of PTEN-Deficient Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cell Lines for the Sensitization against PARP1 Inhibition in a Replication-Dependent Manner

Autor: Sandra Classen, Alexandra Zielinski, Kerstin Borgmann, Harriet Wikman, Felix Meyer, Ann Christin Parplys, Cordula Petersen, Johanna Rieckhoff, Kai Rothkamm, Britta Riepen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cancers
Volume 12
Issue 10
Cancers, Vol 12, Iss 2809, p 2809 (2020)
ISSN: 2072-6694
DOI: 10.3390/cancers12102809
Popis: Simple Summary The poor prognosis of patients with TNBC have fostered a major effort to identify more patients who would benefit from targeted therapies. Here we recognize PTEN as a potential CIN-causing gene in TNBC and consider PTEN-deficient TNBC for the treatment with PARP1 inhibitors due to the protective role of PTEN during DNA replication. Abstract Chromosomal instability (CIN) is an emerging hallmark of cancer and its role in therapeutic responses has been increasingly attracting the attention of the research community. To target the vulnerability of tumors with high CIN, it is important to identify the genes and mechanisms involved in the maintenance of CIN. In our work, we recognize the tumor suppressor gene Phosphatase and Tensin homolog (PTEN) as a potential gene causing CIN in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and show that TNBC with low expression levels of PTEN can be sensitized for the treatment with poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase 1 (PARP1) inhibitors, independent of Breast Cancer (BRCA) mutations or a BRCA-like phenotype. In silico analysis of mRNA expression data from 200 TNBC patients revealed low expression of PTEN in tumors with a high CIN70 score. Western blot analysis of TNBC cell lines confirm lower protein expression of PTEN compared to non TNBC cell lines. Further, PTEN-deficient cell lines showed cellular sensitivity towards PARP1 inhibition treatment. DNA fiber assays and examination of chromatin bound protein fractions indicate a protective role of PTEN at stalled replication forks. In this study, we recognize PTEN as a potential CIN-causing gene in TNBC and identify its important role in the replication processes.
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