Simultaneous Targeting of PARP1 and RAD52 Triggers Dual Synthetic Lethality in BRCA-Deficient Tumor Cells.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-12-2018
Abstract
PARP inhibitors (PARPis) have been used to induce synthetic lethality in BRCA-deficient tumors in clinical trials with limited success. We hypothesized that RAD52-mediated DNA repair remains active in PARPi-treated BRCA-deficient tumor cells and that targeting RAD52 should enhance the synthetic lethal effect of PARPi. We show that RAD52 inhibitors (RAD52is) attenuated single-strand annealing (SSA) and residual homologous recombination (HR) in BRCA-deficient cells. Simultaneous targeting of PARP1 and RAD52 with inhibitors or dominant-negative mutants caused synergistic accumulation of DSBs and eradication of BRCA-deficient but not BRCA-proficient tumor cells. Remarkably, Parp1-/-;Rad52-/- mice are normal and display prolonged latency of BRCA1-deficient leukemia compared with Parp1-/- and Rad52-/- counterparts. Finally, PARPi+RAD52i exerted synergistic activity against BRCA1-deficient tumors in immunodeficient mice with minimal toxicity to normal cells and tissues. In conclusion, our data indicate that addition of RAD52i will improve therapeutic outcome of BRCA-deficient malignancies treated with PARPi.
Publication Title
Cell Rep
ISSN
2211-1247
Volume
23
Issue
11
First Page
3127
Last Page
3136
Recommended Citation
Sullivan-Reed, Katherine; Elisabeth Bolton-Gillespie; Yashodhara Dasgupta; Samantha Langer; Micheal Siciliano; Margaret Nieborowska-Skorska; Kritika Hanamshet; Elizaveta A Belyaeva; Andrea J Bernhardy; Jaewong Lee; Morgan Moore; Huaqing Zhao; Peter Valent; Ksenia Matlawska-Wasowska; Markus Müschen; Smita Bhatia; Ravi Bhatia; Neil Johnson; Mariusz A Wasik; Alexander V Mazin; and Tomasz Skorski.
"Simultaneous Targeting of PARP1 and RAD52 Triggers Dual Synthetic Lethality in BRCA-Deficient Tumor Cells.."
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