ARID1A Deficiency Impairs the DNA Damage Checkpoint and Sensitizes Cells to PARP Inhibitors

Autor: Li Lan, Gordon B. Mills, Prabodh Kapoor, Ivan P. Uray, Xuetong Shen, Guang Peng, Qianxing Mo, Zhenlin Ju, Jianfeng Shen, Yang Peng, Xiangwei Wu, Ie Ming Shih, Leizhen Wei, Powel H. Brown, Lin Yang, Wei Zhang
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Cancer discovery, vol 5, iss 7
ISSN: 2159-8290
2159-8274
DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-14-0849
Popis: ARID1A, SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex subunit, is a recently identified tumor suppressor that is mutated in a broad spectrum of human cancers. Thus, it is of fundamental clinical importance to understand its molecular functions and determine whether ARID1A deficiency can be exploited therapeutically. In this article, we report a key function of ARID1A in regulating the DNA damage checkpoint. ARID1A is recruited to DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) via its interaction with the upstream DNA damage checkpoint kinase ATR. At the molecular level, ARID1A facilitates efficient processing of DSB to single-strand ends and sustains DNA damage signaling. Importantly, ARID1A deficiency sensitizes cancer cells to PARP inhibitors in vitro and in vivo, providing a potential therapeutic strategy for patients with ARID1A-mutant tumors. Significance: ARID1A has been identified as one of the most frequently mutated genes across human cancers. Our data suggest that clinical utility of PARP inhibitors might be extended beyond patients with BRCA mutations to a larger group of patients with ARID1A-mutant tumors, which may exhibit therapeutic vulnerability to PARP inhibitors. Cancer Discov; 5(7); 752–67. ©2015 AACR. This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 681
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