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Zheng T, Zheng CY, Zheng XC, Zhao RG, Chen YQ. Effect of parthanatos on ropivacaine-induced damage in SH-SY5Y cells. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2017; 44:586-594. [PMID: 28079261 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Revised: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ropivacaine is one of the most common but toxic local anaesthetics, and the mechanisms underlying its neurotoxicity are still largely unknown. This study was conducted to prepare a ropivacaine-induced neuronal injury model and research the effects of ropivacaine on PARP-1 activation and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+ depletion. The cell death and apoptosis of ropivacaine-induced SH-SY5Y cells were detected with flow cytometry. The lactate dehydrogenase cycling reaction measured the NAD+ level, and western blots were used to analyze the expression levels of PARP-1 and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) after ropivacaine treatments with different concentrations and durations. A PARP-1 inhibitor (PJ-34) was used to confirm the relationship between PARP-1 activation and NAD+ depletion. Hoechst 33258 nuclear staining and a mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm) assay were used to detect the role of exogenous NAD+ in ropivacaine-induced neuronal injury. Ropivacaine-induced SH-SY5Y cell death and apoptosis, PARP-1 activation, and AIF increase as well as intracellular NAD+ depletion occurred in a time- and concentration-dependent manner (P<.05). PARP-1 activation led to NAD+ depletion (P<.05). Exogenous NAD+ impaired ropivacaine-induced nuclear injury (P<.05). Ropivacaine treatment induced PARP-1 activation and NAD+ depletion (P<.05). Parthanatos (PARP-1-dependent cell death) was definitely involved in ropivacaine-induced neuronal injury, and exogenous NAD+ may be a novel therapeutic method for parthanatos-dependent neuronal injury.
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- Ting Zheng
- Fujian Provincial Clinical College, Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Department of Anaesthesiology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Clinical College, Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Department of Anaesthesiology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Clinical College, Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Department of Anaesthesiology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Clinical College, Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Department of Anaesthesiology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Fujian Provincial Clinical College, Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Department of Anaesthesiology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Orbegoso C, Marquina G, George A, Banerjee S. The role of Cediranib in ovarian cancer. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2017; 18:1637-1648. [DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2017.1383384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Cecilia Orbegoso
- Gynaecology Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Gynaecology Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Gynaecology Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Gynaecology Unit, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Division of Clinical Studies, The Institiute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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Borst GR, Kumareswaran R, Yücel H, Telli S, Do T, McKee T, Zafarana G, Jonkers J, Verheij M, O'Connor MJ, Rottenberg S, Bristow RG. Neoadjuvant olaparib targets hypoxia to improve radioresponse in a homologous recombination-proficient breast cancer model. Oncotarget 2017; 8:87638-87646. [PMID: 29152107 PMCID: PMC5675659 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.20936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Clinical trials are studying the benefits of combining the PARP-1 inhibitor olaparib with chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment in a variety of cancer increasing the therapeutic ratio for olaparib may come from its ability to modify the tumour microenvironment by targeting homologous recombination-deficient, hypoxic tumour clonogens, and/or increasing tumour-associated vasodilation to improve oxygenation. Herein, we investigated the effect of prolonged neoadjuvant exposure to olaparib on the tumor microenvironment using a genetically-engineered mouse p53−/− syngeneic breast cancer model, which is proficient in homology-directed DNA repair. We observed increased in vivo growth delay and decreased ex vivo clonogenic survival following pre-treatment with olaparib 50 mg/kg bid Olaparib for 7 days ending 48 hours prior to a radiation dose of 12Gy. This increased in vivo radioresponse was associated with a decreased hypoxic fraction. This study suggests that the radiation response in patients can be improved with limited toxicity if olaparib is given in a purely neoadjuvant setting to modify the tumor microenviroment prior to the start of the radiotherapy treatment. Consequently a significant gain can be achieved in therapeutic window and clinical studies are needed to confirm this preclinical data.
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- Gerben R Borst
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.,Departments of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.,Departments of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.,Departments of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.,Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.,Departments of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.,Departments of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.,Departments of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.,Departments of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Department of Molecular Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Oncology, Innovative Medicines and Early Development, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Department of Molecular Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Institute of Animal Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.,Departments of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Ruffini F, Levati L, Graziani G, Caporali S, Atzori MG, D'Atri S, Lacal PM. Platelet-derived growth factor-C promotes human melanoma aggressiveness through activation of neuropilin-1. Oncotarget 2017; 8:66833-66848. [PMID: 28977999 PMCID: PMC5620139 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Despite recent progress in advanced melanoma therapy, identification of signalling pathways involved in melanoma switch from proliferative to invasive states is still crucial to uncover new therapeutic targets for improving the outcome of metastatic disease. Neuropilin-1 (NRP-1), a co-receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) tyrosine kinase receptors (VEGFRs), has been suggested to play a relevant role in melanoma progression. NRP-1 can be activated by VEGF-A also in the absence of VEGFRs, triggering specific signal transduction pathways (e.g. p130Cas phosphorylation). Since melanoma cells co-expressing high levels of NRP-1 and platelet derived growth factor-C (PDGF-C) show a highly invasive behaviour and PDGF-C shares homology with VEGF-A, in this study we have investigated whether PDGF-C directly interacts with NRP-1 and promotes melanoma aggressiveness. Results demonstrate that PDGF-C specifically binds in vitro to NRP-1. In melanoma cells expressing NRP-1 but lacking PDGFRα, PDGF-C stimulates extra-cellular matrix (ECM) invasion and induces p130Cas phosphorylation. Blockade of PDGF-C function by neutralizing antibodies or reduction of its secretion by specific siRNA inhibit ECM invasion and vasculogenic mimicry. Moreover, PDGF-C silencing significantly down-modulates the expression of Snail, a transcription factor involved in tumour invasiveness that is highly expressed in NRP-1 positive melanoma cells. In conclusion, our results demonstrate for the first time a direct activation of NRP-1 by PDGF-C and strongly suggest that autocrine and/or paracrine stimulation of NRP-1 by PDGF-C might contribute to the acquisition of a metastatic phenotype by melanoma cells.
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- Federica Ruffini
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, "Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata"-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, "Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata"-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, "Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata"-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, "Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata"-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, "Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata"-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Gadducci A, Guerrieri ME. PARP inhibitors alone and in combination with other biological agents in homologous recombination deficient epithelial ovarian cancer: From the basic research to the clinic. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2017; 114:153-165. [PMID: 28477743 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Hereditary epithelial ovarian cancer [EOC] in germline BRCA mutation (gBRCAm) carriers has a distinct clinical behavior characterized by younger age, high- grade serous histology, advanced stage, visceral distribution of disease, high response to platinum and other non-platinum agents and better clinical outcome. Sporadic EOC with homologous recombination deficiency [HDR] but no gBRCAm has the same biological and clinical behavior as EOC in gBRCAm carriers ("BRCAness"phenotype). Biomarkers are in development to enable an accurate definition of molecular features of BRCAness phenotype, and trials are warranted to determine whether such HDR signature will predict sensitivity to PARP inhibitors in sporadic EOC. Moreover, the link between PARP inhibition and angiogenesis suppression, the immunologic properties of EOC in gBRCAm carriers, the HRD induced by PI3K inhibition in EOC cells in vitro strongly support novel clinical trials testing the combination of PARP inhibitors with other biological agents.
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- Angiolo Gadducci
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Pisa, Italy
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Dai Z. Invited commentary. J Vasc Surg 2017; 65:1170. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.12.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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A comprehensive look of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition strategies and future directions for cancer therapy. Future Med Chem 2016; 9:37-60. [PMID: 27995810 DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2016-0113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The finding of promising drugs represents a huge challenge in cancer therapeutics, therefore it is important to seek out novel approaches and elucidate essential cellular processes in order to identify potential drug targets. Studies on DNA repair pathway suggested that an enzyme, PARP, which plays a significant role in DNA repair responses, could be targeted in cancer therapy. Hence, the efficacy of PARP inhibitors in cancer therapy has been investigated and has progressed from the laboratory to clinics, with olaparib having already been approved by the US FDA for ovarian cancer treatment. Here, we have discussed the development of PARP inhibitors, strategies to improve their selectivity and efficacy, including innovative combinational and synthetic lethality approaches to identify effective PARP inhibitors in cancer treatment.
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Soluble IL-33 receptor sST2 inhibits colorectal cancer malignant growth by modifying the tumour microenvironment. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13589. [PMID: 27882929 PMCID: PMC5123057 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Interleukin-33 (IL-33) was recently shown to be involved in the inflammatory tumour microenvironment and the progression of colorectal cancer (CRC). We report here that the expression level of sST2, a soluble form of the IL-33 receptor (ST2L), is inversely associated with the malignant growth of CRC. sST2 is downregulated in high-metastatic cells compared with low-metastatic human and mouse CRC cells. Knockdown of sST2 in low-metastatic cells enhances tumour growth, metastasis and tumour angiogenesis, whereas its overexpression in high-metastatic cells suppresses these processes. Circulating and intratumourally administered sST2-Fc fusion protein reduce tumour growth, metastatic spread and tumour angiogenesis in mice bearing high-metastatic CRC. Mechanistically, sST2 suppresses IL-33-induced angiogenesis, Th1- and Th2-responses, macrophage infiltration and macrophage M2a polarization. In conclusion, we show that sST2 negatively regulates tumour growth and the metastatic spread of CRC through modification of the tumour microenvironment. Thus, the IL-33/ST2L axis may be a potential therapeutic target in CRC. IL-33 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine with a role in colorectal cancer. Here, the authors show that circulating tumour-derived sST2, an IL-33 decoy receptor, delayed the growth and progression of colorectal cancer cells by inhibiting Th1/Th2 polarization, macrophage infiltration and angiogenesis.
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Bhute VJ, Ma Y, Bao X, Palecek SP. The Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Inhibitor Veliparib and Radiation Cause Significant Cell Line Dependent Metabolic Changes in Breast Cancer Cells. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36061. [PMID: 27811964 PMCID: PMC5095763 DOI: 10.1038/srep36061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Breast tumors are characterized into subtypes based on their surface marker expression, which affects their prognosis and treatment. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors have shown promising results in clinical trials, both as single agents and in combination with other chemotherapeutics, in several subtypes of breast cancer patients. Here, we used NMR-based metabolomics to probe cell line-specific effects of the PARP inhibitor Veliparib and radiation on metabolism in three breast cancer cell lines. Our data reveal several cell line-independent metabolic changes upon PARP inhibition. Pathway enrichment and topology analysis identified that nitrogen metabolism, glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis and taurine and hypotaurine metabolism were enriched after PARP inhibition in all three breast cancer cell lines. Many metabolic changes due to radiation and PARP inhibition were cell line-dependent, highlighting the need to understand how these treatments affect cancer cell response via changes in metabolism. Finally, both PARP inhibition and radiation induced a similar metabolic responses in BRCA-mutant HCC1937 cells, but not in MCF7 and MDAMB231 cells, suggesting that radiation and PARP inhibition share similar interactions with metabolic pathways in BRCA mutant cells. Our study emphasizes the importance of differences in metabolic responses to cancer treatments in different subtypes of cancers.
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- Vijesh J Bhute
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Murata S, Zhang C, Finch N, Zhang K, Campo L, Breuer EK. Predictors and Modulators of Synthetic Lethality: An Update on PARP Inhibitors and Personalized Medicine. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 2016:2346585. [PMID: 27642590 PMCID: PMC5013223 DOI: 10.1155/2016/2346585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors have proven to be successful agents in inducing synthetic lethality in several malignancies. Several PARP inhibitors have reached clinical trial testing for treatment in different cancers, and, recently, Olaparib (AZD2281) has gained both United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) and the European Commission (EC) approval for use in BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer treatment. The need to identify biomarkers, their interactions in DNA damage repair pathways, and their potential utility in identifying patients who are candidates for PARP inhibitor treatment is well recognized. In this review, we detail many of the biomarkers that have been investigated for their ability to predict both PARP inhibitor sensitivity and resistance in preclinical studies as well as the results of several clinical trials that have tested the safety and efficacy of different PARP inhibitor agents in BRCA and non-BRCA-mutated cancers.
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- Stephen Murata
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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Ivy SP, Liu JF, Lee JM, Matulonis UA, Kohn EC. Cediranib, a pan-VEGFR inhibitor, and olaparib, a PARP inhibitor, in combination therapy for high grade serous ovarian cancer. Expert Opin Investig Drugs 2016; 25:597-611. [DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2016.1156857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Meehan RS, Chen AP. New treatment option for ovarian cancer: PARP inhibitors. GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE 2016; 3:3. [PMID: 27231574 PMCID: PMC4880823 DOI: 10.1186/s40661-016-0024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), which was first described over 50 years ago by Mandel, are a family of protein enzymes involved in DNA damage response and works by recognizing the single-strand DNA break (ssDNA) and then effecting DNA repair. A double-strand DNA (dsDNA) break can be repaired by one of two different pathways: homologous recombination (HR) or non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Homologous recombination occurs in the G2 or M phase of the cell cycle when a sister chromatid is available to use as a template for repair. Because a template is available, HR is a high fidelity, error-free form of DNA repair. With NHEJ there is not a template and the DNA is trimmed and ligated which is a very error-prone process of repair which can lead to genetic instability. Exploiting these mechanism led to development of PARP inhibitors with the idea of utilizing synthetic lethality, where two deficiencies each having no effect on the cellular outcome become lethal when combined, as single agent in BRCA deficient patients or as chemotherapy/radiotherapy combinations to inhibit ssDNA repair. The recent approval of olaparib in BRCA deficient ovarian cancer patients in US and Europe has opened up a whole new treatment option for ovarian cancer patients. This review will discuss the different PARP inhibitors in development and the potential use of this class of agents in the future.
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- Robert S Meehan
- Early Clinical Trials Development Program Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI), 10 Center Drive, Bldg 31, 3A44, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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- Early Clinical Trials Development Program Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI), 10 Center Drive, Bldg 31, 3A44, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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Price EM, Peñaherrera MS, Portales-Casamar E, Pavlidis P, Van Allen MI, McFadden DE, Robinson WP. Profiling placental and fetal DNA methylation in human neural tube defects. Epigenetics Chromatin 2016; 9:6. [PMID: 26889207 PMCID: PMC4756451 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-016-0054-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background The incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) declined by about 40 % in Canada with the introduction of a national folic acid (FA) fortification program. Despite the fact that few Canadians currently exhibit folate deficiency, NTDs are still the second most common congenital abnormality. FA fortification may have aided in reducing the incidence of NTDs by overcoming abnormal one carbon metabolism cycling, the process which provides one carbon units for methylation of DNA. We considered that NTDs persisting in a folate-replete population may also occur in the context of FA-independent compromised one carbon metabolism, and that this might manifest as abnormal DNA methylation (DNAm). Second trimester human placental chorionic villi, kidney, spinal cord, brain, and muscle were collected from 19 control, 22 spina bifida, and 15 anencephalic fetuses in British Columbia, Canada. DNA was extracted, assessed for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genotype and for genome-wide DNAm using repetitive elements, in addition to the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 (450k) array. Results No difference in repetitive element DNAm was noted between NTD status groups. Using a false discovery rate <0.05 and average group difference in DNAm ≥0.05, differentially methylated array sites were identified only in (1) the comparison of anencephaly to controls in chorionic villi (n = 4 sites) and (2) the comparison of spina bifida to controls in kidney (n = 3342 sites). Conclusions We suggest that the distinctive DNAm of spina bifida kidneys may be consequent to the neural tube defect or reflective of a common etiology for abnormal neural tube and renal development. Though there were some small shifts in DNAm in the other tested tissues, our data do not support the long-standing hypothesis of generalized altered genome-wide DNAm in NTDs. This finding may be related to the fact that most Canadians are not folate deficient, but it importantly opens the field to the investigation of other epigenetic and non-epigenetic mechanisms in the etiology of NTDs. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13072-016-0054-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- E Magda Price
- Child and Family Research Institute, 950 W 28th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4 UK ; Dept of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, C201-4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 UK ; Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia, C420-4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 UK
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- Child and Family Research Institute, 950 W 28th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4 UK ; Dept of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, C201-4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 UK
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- Centre for High-Throughput Biology, University of British Columbia, 2185 East Mall, Vancouver, V6T 1Z4 UK ; Dept of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A1 UK
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- Dept of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, C201-4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 UK
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- Dept of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, C201-4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 UK ; Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Rm G227-2211, Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2B5 UK
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- Child and Family Research Institute, 950 W 28th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4 UK ; Dept of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, C201-4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 UK
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Mao H, Lockyer P, Townley-Tilson WHD, Xie L, Pi X. LRP1 Regulates Retinal Angiogenesis by Inhibiting PARP-1 Activity and Endothelial Cell Proliferation. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2015; 36:350-60. [PMID: 26634655 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.115.306713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 11/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We recently demonstrated that low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) is required for cardiovascular development in zebrafish. However, what role LRP1 plays in angiogenesis remains to be determined. To better understand the role of LRP1 in endothelial cell function, we investigated how LRP1 regulates mouse retinal angiogenesis. APPROACH AND RESULTS Depletion of LRP1 in endothelial cells results in increased retinal neovascularization in a mouse model of oxygen-induced retinopathy. Specifically, retinas in mice lacking endothelial LRP1 have more branching points and angiogenic sprouts at the leading edge of the newly formed vasculature. Increased endothelial proliferation as detected by Ki67 staining was observed in LRP1-deleted retinal endothelium in response to hypoxia. Using an array of biochemical and cell biology approaches, we demonstrate that poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) directly interacts with LRP1 in human retinal microvascular endothelial cells. This interaction between LRP1 and PARP-1 decreases under hypoxic condition. Moreover, LRP1 knockdown results in increased PARP-1 activity and subsequent phosphorylation of both retinoblastoma protein and cyclin-dependent kinase 2, which function to promote cell cycle progression and angiogenesis. CONCLUSIONS Together, these data reveal a pivotal role for LRP1 in endothelial cell proliferation and retinal neovascularization induced by hypoxia. In addition, we demonstrate for the first time the interaction between LRP1 and PARP-1 and the LRP1-dependent regulation of PARP-1-signaling pathways. These data bring forth the possibility of novel therapeutic approaches for pathological angiogenesis.
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- Hua Mao
- From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (H.M., W.H.D.T.-T., L.X., X.P.); and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (P.L.)
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- From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (H.M., W.H.D.T.-T., L.X., X.P.); and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (P.L.)
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- From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (H.M., W.H.D.T.-T., L.X., X.P.); and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (P.L.)
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- From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (H.M., W.H.D.T.-T., L.X., X.P.); and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (P.L.)
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- From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (H.M., W.H.D.T.-T., L.X., X.P.); and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (P.L.).
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A phase I trial of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD), carboplatin, bevacizumab and veliparib in recurrent, platinum-sensitive ovarian, primary peritoneal, and fallopian tube cancer: An NRG Oncology/Gynecologic Oncology Group study. Gynecol Oncol 2015; 140:204-9. [PMID: 26616225 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2015.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 11/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) of veliparib combined with PLD and carboplatin (CD) in patients with recurrent, platinum-sensitive epithelial ovarian cancer. To determine the tolerability at the MTD combined with bevacizumab. METHODS Patients received PLD (30mg/m(2), IV) and carboplatin (AUC 5, IV) on day 1 with veliparib on days 1-7 (intermittent) or days 1-28 (continuous). Standard 3+3 design was used in the dose escalation phase with DLTs based on the first cycle. Once the MTDs were determined, cohorts of 6 patients were enrolled to each regimen with bevacizumab (10mg/kg on days 1 and 15) to assess feasibility. DLTs were based on the first 4cycles of treatment in the bevacizumab cohorts. RESULTS In the dose-escalation phase, 27 patients were treated at 3 dose levels with DLTs noted in 6 patients including grade 4 thrombocytopenia (n=4), and prolonged neutropenia >7days (n=3). At the MTD of veliparib (80mg p.o. b.i.d. for both dosing arms), myelosuppression was the DLT. At MTD, 12 additional patients were treated with bevacizumab with 9 patients experiencing DLTs including grade 4 thrombocytopenia (n=4), prolonged neutropenia >7days (n=1), grade 3 hypertension (n=5), and grade 5 sepsis (n=1). CONCLUSIONS The MTD of veliparib combined with CD is 80mg p.o. b.i.d. in women with recurrent, platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer. With bevacizumab, DLTs were noted in 9 out of 12 patients. Lower doses of veliparib will need to be considered when given in combination with platinum-based therapies.
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Gunderson CC, Moore KN. Olaparib: an oral PARP-1 and PARP-2 inhibitor with promising activity in ovarian cancer. Future Oncol 2015; 11:747-57. [PMID: 25757679 DOI: 10.2217/fon.14.313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Olaparib (Lynparza™; AZD2281) is a potent PARP-1 and PARP-2 inhibitor with biologic activity in ovarian cancer as well as other solid tumors. It has been tested in Phase I and II trials and has single-agent activity in both germline BRCA mutated and sporadic ovarian cancer. Phase III trials assessing the efficacy of olaparib in the maintenance setting following first line and platinum-sensitive recurrence are underway for patients with a germline BRCA mutation, given the inherent molecular compatibility with the drug's mechanism of action.
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- Camille C Gunderson
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center, 800 NE 10th Street, Suite 5040, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA
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Yélamos J, Galindo M, Navarro J, Albanell J, Rovira A, Rojo F, Oliver J. Enhancing tumor-targeting monoclonal antibodies therapy by PARP inhibitors. Oncoimmunology 2015; 5:e1065370. [PMID: 26942084 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2015.1065370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have become a successful therapeutic approach in cancer. However, some patients do not achieve long-term clinical benefit and most mAbs only exert modest effects as monotherapies. Therefore, combinations with chemotherapy are currently being investigated. Emerging studies have shown a synergistic therapeutic effect of PARP inhibitors and mAbs in cancer. PARP enzymes catalytically cleave β-NAD+ and transfer the ADP-ribose moiety to acceptor proteins, modifying their function. In here, we update recent data about the therapeutic effect of the combination of PARP inhibitors with mAbs in cancer treatment and discuss the molecular mechanisms involved in this synergy.
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- José Yélamos
- Cancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Immunology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) , Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) , Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Oncology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Oncology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Research Program, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Department of Patology, IIS Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology and Immunology; Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra , Granada, Spain
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Sistigu A, Manic G, Obrist F, Vitale I. Trial watch - inhibiting PARP enzymes for anticancer therapy. Mol Cell Oncol 2015; 3:e1053594. [PMID: 27308587 DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2015.1053594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 05/16/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) are a members of family of enzymes that catalyze poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation (PARylation) and/or mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation (MARylation), two post-translational protein modifications involved in crucial cellular processes including (but not limited to) the DNA damage response (DDR). PARP1, the most abundant family member, is a nuclear protein that is activated upon sensing distinct types of DNA damage and contributes to their resolution by PARylating multiple DDR players. Recent evidence suggests that, along with DDR, activated PARP1 mediates a series of prosurvival and proapoptotic processes aimed at preserving genomic stability. Despite this potential oncosuppressive role, upregulation and/or overactivation of PARP1 or other PARP enzymes has been reported in a variety of human neoplasms. Over the last few decades, several pharmacologic inhibitors of PARP1 and PARP2 have been assessed in preclinical and clinical studies showing potent antineoplastic activity, particularly against homologous recombination (HR)-deficient ovarian and breast cancers. In this Trial Watch, we describe the impact of PARP enzymes and PARylation in cancer, discuss the mechanism of cancer cell killing by PARP1 inactivation, and summarize the results of recent clinical studies aimed at evaluating the safety and therapeutic profile of PARP inhibitors in cancer patients.
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- Regina Elena National Cancer Institute , Rome, Italy
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- Université Paris-Sud/Paris XI, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; INSERM, UMRS1138, Paris, France; Equipe 11 labelisée par la Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Center de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France; Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France
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- Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy; Department of Biology, University of Rome "TorVergata", Rome, Italy
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Motta C, D'Angeli F, Scalia M, Satriano C, Barbagallo D, Naletova I, Anfuso CD, Lupo G, Spina-Purrello V. PJ-34 inhibits PARP-1 expression and ERK phosphorylation in glioma-conditioned brain microvascular endothelial cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2015; 761:55-64. [PMID: 25934569 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Inhibitors of PARP-1(Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1) act by competing with NAD(+), the enzyme physiological substrate, which play a protective role in many pathological conditions characterized by PARP-1 overactivation. It has been shown that PARP-1 also promotes tumor growth and progression through its DNA repair activity. Since angiogenesis is an essential requirement for these activities, we sought to determine whether PARP inhibition might affect rat brain microvascular endothelial cells (GP8.3) migration, stimulated by C6-glioma conditioned medium (CM). Through wound-healing experiments and MTT analysis, we demonstrated that PARP-1 inhibitor PJ-34 [N-(6-Oxo-5,6-dihydrophenanthridin-2-yl)-N,N-dimethylacetamide] abolishes the migratory response of GP8.3 cells and reduces their viability. PARP-1 also acts in a DNA independent way within the Extracellular-Regulated-Kinase (ERK) signaling cascade, which regulates cell proliferation and differentiation. By western analysis and confocal laser scanning microscopy (LSM), we analyzed the effects of PJ-34 on PARP-1 expression, phospho-ERK and phospho-Elk-1 activation. The effect of MEK (mitogen-activated-protein-kinase-kinase) inhibitor PD98059 (2-(2-Amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4 H-1-benzopyran-4-one) on PARP-1 expression in unstimulated and in CM-stimulated GP8.3 cells was analyzed by RT-PCR. PARP-1 expression and phospho-ERK activation were significantly reduced by treatment of GP8.3 cells with PJ-34 or PD98059. By LSM, we further demonstrated that PARP-1 and phospho-ERK are coexpressed and share the same subcellular localization in GP8.3 cells, in the cytoplasm as well as in nucleoplasm. Based on these data, we propose that PARP-1 and phospho-ERK interact in the cytosol and then translocate to the nucleus, where they trigger a proliferative response. We also propose that PARP-1 inhibition blocks CM-induced endothelial migration by interfering with ERK signal-transduction pathway.
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- Carla Motta
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotecnology, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotecnology, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotecnology, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotecnology, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotecnology, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotecnology, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotecnology, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotecnology, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 64, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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The development of poly (adenosine diphosphate [ADP]) ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors (PARPi) has progressed greatly over the last few years and has shown encouraging results in the BRCA1/2 mutation–related cancers. This article attempts to summarize the rationale and theory behind PARPi, the clinical trials already reported, as well as ongoing studies designed to determine the role of PARPi in patients with and without germline mutations of BRCA genes. Future plans for PARPi both as monotherapy and in combination with standard cytotoxics, other biological agents, and as radiosensitizers are also covered. The widening scope of PARPi adds another important targeted agent to the growing list of molecular inhibitors; future and ongoing trials will identify the most effective role for PARPi, including for patients other than BRCA germline mutation carriers.
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- Sarah Benafif
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, Middlesex, UK
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- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, Middlesex, UK
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Rodríguez MI, Majuelos-Melguizo J, Martí Martín-Consuegra JM, Ruiz de Almodóvar M, López-Rivas A, Javier Oliver F. Deciphering the insights of poly(ADP-ribosylation) in tumor progression. Med Res Rev 2015; 35:678-97. [PMID: 25604534 DOI: 10.1002/med.21339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are particularly efficient against tumors with defects in the homologous recombination repair pathway. Nonetheless poly(ADP-ribosylation) (PARylation) modulates prometastasic activities and adaptation of tumor to a hostile microenvironment. Modulation of metastasis-promoting traits is possible through the alteration of key transcription factors involved in the regulation of the hypoxic response, the recruitment of new vessels (or angiogenesis), and the stimulation of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). In this review, we summarized some of the findings that focalize on PARP-1's action on tumor aggressiveness, suggesting new therapeutic opportunities against an assembly of tumors not necessarily bearing DNA repair defects. Metastasis accounts for the vast majority of mortality derived from solid cancer. PARP-1 is an active player in tumor adaptation to metastasis and PARP inhibitors, recognized as promising therapeutic agents against homologous recombination deficient tumors, has novel properties responsible for the antimetastatic actions in different tumor settings.
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- María Isabel Rodríguez
- Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra (IPBLN), CSIC, Granada, Spain, 18016
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- Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra (IPBLN), CSIC, Granada, Spain, 18016
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa (CABIMER), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Sevilla, Spain, 41092
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Gunderson CC, Moore KN. PARP Inhibition in Ovarian Cancer: State of the Science. Gynecol Oncol 2015; 136:8-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ruffini F, Graziani G, Levati L, Tentori L, D'Atri S, Lacal PM. Cilengitide downmodulates invasiveness and vasculogenic mimicry of neuropilin 1 expressing melanoma cells through the inhibition of αvβ5 integrin. Int J Cancer 2014; 136:E545-58. [PMID: 25284767 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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During melanoma progression, tumour cells show increased adhesiveness to the vascular wall, invade the extracellular matrix (ECM) and frequently form functional channels similar to vascular vessels (vasculogenic mimicry). These properties are mainly mediated by the interaction of integrins with ECM components. Since we had previously identified neuropilin 1 (NRP-1), a coreceptor of vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), as an important determinant of melanoma aggressiveness, aims of this study were to identify the specific integrins involved in the highly invasive phenotype of NRP-1 expressing cells and to investigate their role as targets to counteract melanoma progression. Melanoma aggressiveness was evaluated in vitro as cell ability to migrate through an ECM layer and to form tubule-like structures using transfected cells. Integrins relevant to these processes were identified using specific blocking antibodies. The αvβ5 integrin was found to be responsible for about 80% of the capability of NRP-1 expressing cells to adhere on vitronectin. In these cells αvβ5 expression level was twice higher than in low-invasive control cells and contributed to the ability of melanoma cells to form tubule-like structures on matrigel. Cilengitide, a potent inhibitor of αν integrins activation, reduced ECM invasion, vasculogenic mimicry and secretion of VEGF-A and metalloproteinase 9 by melanoma cells. In conclusion, we demonstrated that ανβ5 integrin is involved in the highly aggressive phenotype of melanoma cells expressing NRP-1. Moreover, we identified a novel mechanism that contributes to the antimelanoma activity of the αv integrin inhibitor cilengitide based on the inhibition of vasculogenic mimicry.
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- Federica Ruffini
- Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, "Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata"-IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Liu JF, Barry WT, Birrer M, Lee JM, Buckanovich RJ, Fleming GF, Rimel B, Buss MK, Nattam S, Hurteau J, Luo W, Quy P, Whalen C, Obermayer L, Lee H, Winer EP, Kohn EC, Ivy SP, Matulonis UA. Combination cediranib and olaparib versus olaparib alone for women with recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer: a randomised phase 2 study. Lancet Oncol 2014; 15:1207-14. [PMID: 25218906 PMCID: PMC4294183 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(14)70391-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 447] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Olaparib is a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor and cediranib is an anti-angiogenic agent with activity against VEGF receptor (VEGFR) 1, VEGFR2, and VEGFR3. Both oral agents have antitumour activity in women with recurrent ovarian cancer, and their combination was active and had manageable toxicities in a phase 1 trial. We investigated whether this combination could improve progression-free survival (PFS) compared with olaparib monotherapy in women with recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer. METHODS In our randomised, open-label, phase 2 study, we recruited women (aged ≥18 years) who had measurable platinum-sensitive, relapsed, high-grade serous or endometrioid ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer, or those with deleterious germline BRCA1/2 mutations from nine participating US academic medical centres. We randomly allocated participants (1:1) according to permuted blocks, stratified by germline BRCA status and previous anti-angiogenic therapy, to receive olaparib capsules 400 mg twice daily or the combination at the recommended phase 2 dose of cediranib 30 mg daily and olaparib capsules 200 mg twice daily. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival analysed in the intention-to-treat population. The phase 2 trial is no longer accruing patients. An interim analysis was conducted in November, 2013, after 50% of expected events had occurred and efficacy results were unmasked. The primary analysis was performed on March 31, 2014, after 47 events (66% of those expected). The trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01116648. FINDINGS Between Oct 26, 2011, and June 3, 2013, we randomly allocated 46 women to receive olaparib alone and 44 to receive the combination of olaparib and cediranib. Median PFS was 17·7 months (95% CI 14·7-not reached) for the women treated with cediranib plus olaparib compared with 9·0 months (95% CI 5·7-16·5) for those treated with olaparib monotherapy (hazard ratio 0·42, 95% CI 0·23-0·76; p=0·005). Grade 3 and 4 adverse events were more common with combination therapy than with monotherapy, including fatigue (12 patients in the cediranib plus olaparib group vs five patients in the olaparib monotherapy group), diarrhoea (ten vs none), and hypertension (18 vs none). INTERPRETATION Cediranib plus olaparib seems to improve PFS in women with recurrent platinum-sensitive high-grade serous or endometrioid ovarian cancer, and warrants study in a phase 3 trial. The side-effect profile suggests such investigations should include assessments of quality of life and patient-reported outcomes to understand the effects of a continuing oral regimen with that of intermittent chemotherapy. FUNDING American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (3 U01 CA062490-16S2); Intramural Program of the Center for Cancer Research; and the Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, NIH.
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- Joyce F Liu
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fort Wayne, IN, USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, North Shore University Health System, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA; Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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El-Hamoly T, Hegedűs C, Lakatos P, Kovács K, Bai P, El-Ghazaly MA, El-Denshary ES, Szabó É, Virág L. Activation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 delays wound healing by regulating keratinocyte migration and production of inflammatory mediators. Mol Med 2014; 20:363-71. [PMID: 25014793 DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2014.00130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation (PARylation) is a protein modification reaction regulating various diverse cellular functions ranging from metabolism, DNA repair and transcription to cell death. We set out to investigate the role of PARylation in wound healing, a highly complex process involving various cellular and humoral factors. We found that topically applied poly[ADP-ribose] polymerase (PARP) inhibitors 3-aminobenzamide and PJ-34 accelerated wound closure in a mouse model of excision wounding. Moreover, wounds also closed faster in PARP-1 knockout mice as compared with wild-type littermates. Immunofluorescent staining for poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) indicated increased PAR synthesis in scattered cells of the wound bed. Expression of interleukin (IL)-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, inducible nitric oxide synthase and matrix metalloproteinase-9 was lower in the wounds of PARP-1 knockout mice as compared with control, and expression of IL-1β, cyclooxygenase-2, TIMP-1 and -2 also were affected. The level of nitrotyrosine (a marker of nitrating stress) was lower in the wounds of PARP-1 knockout animals as compared with controls. In vitro scratch assays revealed significantly faster migration of keratinocytes treated with 3-aminobenzamide or PJ34 as compared with control cells. These data suggest that PARylation by PARP-1 slows down the wound healing process by increasing the production of inflammatory mediators and nitrating stress and by slowing the migration of keratinocytes.
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- Tarek El-Hamoly
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary Drug Radiation Research Department, National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary MTA-DE Cell Biology and Signaling Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary MTA-DE Lendület Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary Research Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Drug Radiation Research Department, National Centre for Radiation Research and Technology, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary MTA-DE Cell Biology and Signaling Research Group, Debrecen, Hungary
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Martínez-Bosch N, Iglesias M, Munné-Collado J, Martínez-Cáceres C, Moreno M, Guerra C, Yélamos J, Navarro P. Parp-1 genetic ablation in Ela-myc mice unveils novel roles for Parp-1 in pancreatic cancer. J Pathol 2014; 234:214-27. [PMID: 24889936 DOI: 10.1002/path.4384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Revised: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Pancreatic cancer has a dismal prognosis and is currently the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death in developed countries. The inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (Parp-1), the major protein responsible for poly(ADP-ribosy)lation in response to DNA damage, has emerged as a promising treatment for several tumour types. Here we aimed to elucidate the involvement of Parp-1 in pancreatic tumour progression. We assessed Parp-1 protein expression in normal, preneoplastic and pancreatic tumour samples from humans and from K-Ras- and c-myc-driven mouse models of pancreatic cancer. Parp-1 was highly expressed in acinar cells in normal and cancer tissues. In contrast, ductal cells expressed very low or undetectable levels of this protein, both in a normal and in a tumour context. The Parp-1 expression pattern was similar in human and mouse samples, thereby validating the use of animal models for further studies. To determine the in vivo effects of Parp-1 depletion on pancreatic cancer progression, Ela-myc-driven pancreatic tumour development was analysed in a Parp-1 knock-out background. Loss of Parp-1 resulted in increased tumour necrosis and decreased proliferation, apoptosis and angiogenesis. Interestingly, Ela-myc:Parp-1(-/-) mice displayed fewer ductal tumours than their Ela-myc:Parp-1(+/+) counterparts, suggesting that Parp-1 participates in promoting acinar-to-ductal metaplasia, a key event in pancreatic cancer initiation. Moreover, impaired macrophage recruitment can be responsible for the ADM blockade found in the Ela-myc:Parp-1(-/-) mice. Finally, molecular analysis revealed that Parp-1 modulates ADM downstream of the Stat3-MMP7 axis and is also involved in transcriptional up-regulation of the MDM2, VEGFR1 and MMP28 cancer-related genes. In conclusion, the expression pattern of Parp-1 in normal and cancer tissue and the in vivo functional effects of Parp-1 depletion point to a novel role for this protein in pancreatic carcinogenesis and shed light into the clinical use of Parp-1 inhibitors.
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- Neus Martínez-Bosch
- Cancer Research Programme, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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Lupo B, Trusolino L. Inhibition of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in cancer: old and new paradigms revisited. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2014; 1846:201-15. [PMID: 25026313 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2014.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases actualized the biological concept of synthetic lethality in the clinical practice, yielding a paradigmatic example of translational medicine. The profound sensitivity of tumors with germline BRCA mutations to PARP1/2 blockade owes to inherent defects of the BRCA-dependent homologous recombination machinery, which are unleashed by interruption of PARP DNA repair activity and lead to DNA damage overload and cell death. Conversely, aspirant BRCA-like tumors harboring somatic DNA repair dysfunctions (a vast entity of genetic and epigenetic defects known as "BRCAness") not always align with the familial counterpart and appear not to be equally sensitive to PARP inhibition. The acquisition of secondary resistance in initially responsive patients and the lack of standardized biomarkers to identify "BRCAness" pose serious threats to the clinical advance of PARP inhibitors; a feeling is also emerging that a BRCA-centered perspective might have missed the influence of additional, not negligible and DNA repair-independent PARP contributions onto therapy outcome. While regulatory approval for PARP1/2 inhibitors is still pending, novel therapeutic opportunities are sprouting from different branches of the PARP family, although they remain immature for clinical extrapolation. This review is an endeavor to provide a comprehensive appraisal of the multifaceted biology of PARPs and their evolving impact on cancer therapeutics.
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- Barbara Lupo
- Department of Oncology, University of Torino Medical School, 10060 Candiolo, Torino, Italy; Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Torino Medical School, 10060 Candiolo, Torino, Italy; Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO IRCCS, 10060 Candiolo, Torino, Italy.
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Guillot C, Hall J, Herceg Z, Merle P, Chemin I. Update on hepatocellular carcinoma breakthroughs: poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors as a promising therapeutic strategy. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol 2014; 38:137-42. [PMID: 23953496 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2013.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Revised: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/09/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of primary liver cancer which is the fifth most common cancer in men and the seventh in women and the third most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Only 10-20% of patients are eligible for curative treatments that result in a 5-year survival rate of 40% to 70%. Therefore, the development of novel treatment options is necessary for the majority of patients and remains a considerable challenge. Conformal radiotherapy is used in certain circumstances and preliminary data obtained from phase 1/2 trials are showing promising curative effects. There is thus an interest in identifying drugs that can be exploited to enhance radiation sensitivity that could be used in therapy and might improve clinical outcome. Small molecules inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARP) are an example of a radio- and chemo-sensitizing drug, as well as being an efficient single agent treatment in certain genetic backgrounds. In this review, we discuss the role of PARP-1 in hepatocellular carcinoma and present the results of preclinical studies that have assessed the potential of PARP inhibition as a single treatment or combined with chemotherapy or radiotherapy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
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- Clément Guillot
- UMR INSERM U1052 CNRS5286, CRCL, 151, cours Albert-Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France; Université Lyon-1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150, cours Albert-Thomas, 69424 Lyon cedex 03, France
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- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Orsay, France; Inserm U612, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150, cours Albert-Thomas, 69424 Lyon cedex 03, France
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- UMR INSERM U1052 CNRS5286, CRCL, 151, cours Albert-Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France; Université Lyon-1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; Hospices Civils de Lyon, Service d'Hépatologie et de Gastroentérologie, Groupement Hospitalier Lyon Nord, Lyon, France
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- UMR INSERM U1052 CNRS5286, CRCL, 151, cours Albert-Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France; Université Lyon-1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France.
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Davies JR, Jewell R, Affleck P, Anic GM, Randerson-Moor J, Ozola A, Egan KM, Elliott F, García-Casado Z, Hansson J, Harland M, Höiom V, Jian G, Jönsson G, Kumar R, Nagore E, Wendt J, Olsson H, Park JY, Patel P, Pjanova D, Puig S, Schadendorf D, Sivaramakrishna Rachakonda P, Snowden H, Stratigos AJ, Bafaloukos D, Ogbah Z, Sucker A, Van den Oord JJ, Van Doorn R, Walker C, Okamoto I, Wolter P, Barrett JH, Timothy Bishop D, Newton-Bishop J. Inherited variation in the PARP1 gene and survival from melanoma. Int J Cancer 2014; 135:1625-33. [PMID: 24535833 PMCID: PMC4106984 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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We report the association of an inherited variant located upstream of the poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) gene (rs2249844), with survival in 11 BioGenoMEL melanoma cohorts. The gene encodes a protein involved in a number of cellular processes including single-strand DNA repair. Survival analysis was conducted for each cohort using proportional hazards regression adjusting for factors known to be associated with survival. Survival was measured as overall survival (OS) and, where available, melanoma-specific survival (MSS). Results were combined using random effects meta-analysis. Evidence for a role of the PARP1 protein in melanoma ulceration and survival was investigated by testing gene expression levels taken from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumors. A significant association was seen for inheritance of the rarer variant of PARP1, rs2249844 with OS (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.16 per allele, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04–1.28, p = 0.005, eleven cohorts) and MSS (HR = 1.20 per allele, 95% CI 1.01–1.39, p = 0.03, eight cohorts). We report bioinformatic data supportive of a functional effect for rs2249844. Higher levels of PARP1 gene expression in tumors were shown to be associated with tumor ulceration and poorer OS.
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- John R Davies
- Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Liu JF, Konstantinopoulos PA, Matulonis UA. PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer: current status and future promise. Gynecol Oncol 2014; 133:362-9. [PMID: 24607283 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Revised: 02/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Clinical investigation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors for ovarian cancer treatment has rapidly evolved from observations of single-agent in vitro activity of these agents in BRCA-deficient cancer cells in 2005 to the initiation of multiple phase III studies in 2013. With clinical trial design and treatment of ovarian cancer increasingly based on histological and molecular characteristics, PARP inhibitors are on the horizon of becoming the first biologic agents to be used to treat ovarian cancer based upon pre-selection characteristics of the patient's cancer. PARP inhibitors are most active in ovarian cancers that have defects or aberrations in DNA repair; use of these agents has been of particular interest in high grade serous cancers (HGSC), where studies have shown that ~50% of HGSC have abnormalities of DNA repair through BRCA germline and somatic mutation, post-translational changes of BRCA, and abnormalities of other DNA repair molecules. In addition, as aberrant DNA pathways in other histological subtypes of ovarian cancer are identified, and through the combination of PARP inhibitors with other biologic agents, the pool of eligible patients who may benefit from PARP inhibitors will likely expand. Pending review by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the outcome of confirmatory phase III studies, PARP inhibitors could become the first FDA-approved biologic agent for ovarian cancer and also the first new FDA-approval in ovarian cancer since carboplatin and gemcitabine were approved for platinum sensitive ovarian cancer in 2006. This review discusses the PARP inhibitors that are currently in testing for ovarian cancer treatment and the future of this class of anti-cancer agents.
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- Joyce F Liu
- Gynecologic Oncology Program, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Gynecologic Oncology Program, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Gynecologic Oncology Program, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Shah GM, Robu M, Purohit NK, Rajawat J, Tentori L, Graziani G. PARP Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy: Magic Bullets but Moving Targets. Front Oncol 2013; 3:279. [PMID: 24294592 PMCID: PMC3827545 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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- Girish M Shah
- Laboratory for Skin Cancer Research, CHU-Q (CHUL) Research Centre, Laval University , Quebec City, QC , Canada
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Therapeutic targeting of constitutive PARP activation compromises stem cell phenotype and survival of glioblastoma-initiating cells. Cell Death Differ 2013; 21:258-69. [PMID: 24121277 DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2013.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2013] [Revised: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma-initiating cells (GICs) are self-renewing tumorigenic sub-populations, contributing to therapeutic resistance via decreased sensitivity to ionizing radiation (IR). GIC survival following IR is attributed to an augmented response to genotoxic stress. We now report that GICs are primed to handle additional stress due to basal activation of single-strand break repair (SSBR), the main DNA damage response pathway activated by reactive oxygen species (ROS), compared with non-GICs. ROS levels were higher in GICs and likely contributed to the oxidative base damage and single-strand DNA breaks found elevated in GICs. To tolerate constitutive DNA damage, GICs exhibited a reliance on the key SSBR mediator, poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP), with decreased viability seen upon small molecule inhibition to PARP. PARP inhibition (PARPi) sensitized GICs to radiation and inhibited growth, self-renewal, and DNA damage repair. In vivo treatment with PARPi and radiotherapy attenuated radiation-induced enrichment of GICs and inhibited the central cancer stem cell phenotype of tumor initiation. These results indicate that elevated PARP activation within GICs permits exploitation of this dependence, potently augmenting therapeutic efficacy of IR against GICs. In addition, our results support further development of clinical trials with PARPi and radiation in glioblastoma.
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Reinbolt RE, Hays JL. The Role of PARP Inhibitors in the Treatment of Gynecologic Malignancies. Front Oncol 2013; 3:237. [PMID: 24098868 PMCID: PMC3787651 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Gynecologic malignancies annually account for over 91,000 new cancer cases and approximately 28,000 deaths in the United States. Although there have been advancements in cytotoxic chemotherapies, there has not been significant improvement in overall survival in these patients. While targeted therapies have shown some benefit in many solid tumors, further development of these agents is needed for the treatment of gynecologic malignancies. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) catalyzes the polyADP-ribosylation of proteins involved in DNA repair. Inhibitors of PARP were originally developed for cancers with homologous recombination deficiencies, such as those harboring mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. However, pre-clinical research and clinical trials have suggested that the activity of PARP inhibitors is not limited to those with BRCA mutations. PARP inhibitors may have activity in cancers deficient in other DNA repair genes, signaling pathways that mitigate DNA repair, or in combination with DNA-damaging agents independent of DNA repair dysfunction. Currently there are seven different PARP inhibitors in clinical development for cancer. While there has been promising clinical activity for some of these agents, there are still significant unanswered questions regarding their use. Going forward, specific questions that must be answered include timing of therapy, use in combination with cytotoxic agents or as single-agent maintenance therapy, and whether there is a predictive biomarker that can be used with PARP inhibition. Even with large strides in the treatment of many gynecologic malignancies in recent years, it is imperative that we develop newer agents and methods to identify patients that may benefit from these compounds. The focus of this review will be on pre-clinical data, current clinical trials, and the future of PARP inhibitors in the treatment of ovarian, endometrial, and cervical cancer.
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- Raquel E Reinbolt
- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center , Columbus, OH , USA
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Liu JF, Tolaney SM, Birrer M, Fleming GF, Buss MK, Dahlberg SE, Lee H, Whalen C, Tyburski K, Winer E, Ivy P, Matulonis UA. A Phase 1 trial of the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib (AZD2281) in combination with the anti-angiogenic cediranib (AZD2171) in recurrent epithelial ovarian or triple-negative breast cancer. Eur J Cancer 2013; 49:2972-8. [PMID: 23810467 PMCID: PMC3956307 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Revised: 05/13/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-inhibitors and anti-angiogenics have activity in recurrent ovarian and breast cancer; however, the effect of combined therapy against PARP and angiogenesis in this population has not been reported. We investigated the toxicities and recommended phase 2 dosing (RP2D) of the combination of cediranib, a multitargeted inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)-1/2/3 and olaparib, a PARP-inhibitor (NCT01116648). METHODS Cediranib tablets once daily and olaparib capsules twice daily were administered orally in a standard 3+3 dose escalation design. Patients with recurrent ovarian or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer were eligible. Patients had measurable disease by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) 1.1 or met Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) CA125 criteria. No prior PARP-inhibitors or anti-angiogenics in the recurrent setting were allowed. RESULTS 28 patients (20 ovarian, 8 breast) enrolled to 4 dose levels. 2 dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) (1 grade 4 neutropenia ≥ 4 days; 1 grade 4 thrombocytopenia) occurred at the highest dose level (cediranib 30 mg daily; olaparib 400 mg twice daily [BID]). The RP2D was cediranib 30 mg daily and olaparib 200 mg BID. Grade 3 or higher toxicities occurred in 75% of patients, and included grade 3 hypertension (25%) and grade 3 fatigue (18%). One grade 3 bowel obstruction occurred. The overall response rate (ORR) in the 18 RECIST-evaluable ovarian cancer patients was 44%, with a clinical benefit rate (ORR plus stable disease (SD) > 24 weeks) of 61%. None of the seven evaluable breast cancer patients achieved clinical response; two patients had stable disease for > 24 weeks. INTERPRETATION The combination of cediranib and olaparib has haematologic DLTs and anticipated class toxicities, with promising evidence of activity in ovarian cancer patients.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Oral
- Adult
- Aged
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use
- Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Breast Neoplasms/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Capsules
- Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial
- Diarrhea/chemically induced
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Fatigue/chemically induced
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Nausea/chemically induced
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/drug therapy
- Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/drug therapy
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Phthalazines/administration & dosage
- Phthalazines/adverse effects
- Piperazines/administration & dosage
- Piperazines/adverse effects
- Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors
- Quinazolines/administration & dosage
- Quinazolines/adverse effects
- Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Receptors, Progesterone/metabolism
- Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tablets
- Treatment Outcome
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- Joyce F Liu
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Masutani M, Fujimori H. Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in carcinogenesis. Mol Aspects Med 2013; 34:1202-16. [PMID: 23714734 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2013.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2012] [Revised: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cancer develops through diverse genetic, epigenetic and other changes, so-called 'multi-step carcinogenesis', and each cancer harbors different alterations and properties. Here in this article we review how poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation is involved in multi-step and diverse pathways of carcinogenesis. Involvement of poly- and mono-ADP-ribosylation in carcinogenesis has been studied at molecular and cellular levels, and further by animal models and human genetic approaches. PolyADP-ribosylation acts in DNA damage repair response and maintenance mechanisms of genomic stability. Several DNA repair pathways, including base-excision repair and double strand break repair pathways, involve PARP and PARG functions. These care-taker functions of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation suggest that polyADP-ribosyation may mainly act in a tumor suppressive manner because genomic instability caused by defective DNA repair response could serve as a driving force for tumor progression, leading to invasion, metastasis and relapse of cancer. On the other hand, the new concept of 'synthetic lethality by PARP inhibition' suggests the significance of PARP activities for survival of cancer cells that harbor defects in DNA repair. Accumulating evidence has revealed that some PARP family molecules are involved in various signaling cascades other than DNA repair, including epigenetic and transcriptional regulations, inflammation/immune response and epithelial-mesenchymal transition, suggesting that poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation both promotes and suppresses carcinogenic processes depending on the conditions. Expanding understanding of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation suggests that strategies to achieve cancer prevention targeting poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation for genome protection against life-long exposure to environmental carcinogens and endogenous carcinogenic stimuli.
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- Mitsuko Masutani
- Division of Genome Stability Research, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan.
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Reduced proficiency in homologous recombination underlies the high sensitivity of embryonal carcinoma testicular germ cell tumors to Cisplatin and poly (adp-ribose) polymerase inhibition. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51563. [PMID: 23251575 PMCID: PMC3520950 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/01/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Testicular Germ Cell Tumors (TGCT) and patient-derived cell lines are extremely sensitive to cisplatin and other interstrand cross-link (ICL) inducing agents. Nevertheless, a subset of TGCTs are either innately resistant or acquire resistance to cisplatin during treatment. Understanding the mechanisms underlying TGCT sensitivity/resistance to cisplatin as well as the identification of novel strategies to target cisplatin-resistant TGCTs have major clinical implications. Herein, we have examined the proficiency of five embryonal carcinoma (EC) cell lines to repair cisplatin-induced ICLs. Using γH2AX staining as a marker of double strand break formation, we found that EC cell lines were either incapable of or had a reduced ability to repair ICL-induced damage. The defect correlated with reduced Homologous Recombination (HR) repair, as demonstrated by the reduction of RAD51 foci formation and by direct evaluation of HR efficiency using a GFP-reporter substrate. HR-defective tumors cells are known to be sensitive to the treatment with poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor. In line with this observation, we found that EC cell lines were also sensitive to PARP inhibitor monotherapy. The magnitude of sensitivity correlated with HR-repair reduced proficiency and with the expression levels and activity of PARP1 protein. In addition, we found that PARP inhibition strongly enhanced the response of the most resistant EC cells to cisplatin, by reducing their ability to overcome the damage. These results point to a reduced proficiency of HR repair as a source of sensitivity of ECs to ICL-inducing agents and PARP inhibitor monotherapy, and suggest that pharmacological inhibition of PARP can be exploited to target the stem cell component of the TGCTs (namely ECs) and to enhance the sensitivity of cisplatin-resistant TGCTs to standard treatments.
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G-Protein-Coupled Receptor (GPCR)-Dependent ADAM-17 Regulated Ectodomain Shedding. Cancer Biomark 2012. [DOI: 10.1201/b14318-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Treatment with the PARP-inhibitor PJ34 causes enhanced doxorubicin-mediated cell death in HeLa cells. Anticancer Drugs 2012; 23:627-37. [PMID: 22293659 DOI: 10.1097/cad.0b013e328350900f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Adjuvant therapies can incorporate a number of different drugs to minimize the cardiotoxicity of cancer chemotherapy, decrease the development of drug resistance and increase the overall efficacy of the treatment regime. Topoisomerase IIα is a major target of many commonly used anticancer drugs, where cell death is brought about by an accumulation of double-strand DNA breaks. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-1 has been extensively studied for its role in the repair of double-strand DNA breaks, but its ability to add highly negative biopolymers (ribosylation) to target proteins provides a vast number of pathways where it can also be important in mediating cell death. In this study, we combine the classical topoisomerase IIα poison doxorubicin with the PARP inhibitor PJ34 to investigate the potentiation of chemotherapeutic efficiency in HeLa cells. We demonstrate that PJ34 treatment has the capacity to increase endogenous topoisomerase IIα protein by about 20%, and by combining doxorubicin treatment with PJ34, we observed a 50% improvement in doxorubicin-mediated cell death in HeLa cells. These results were correlated with the ribosylation of transcription factor specificity factor 1 after doxorubicin treatment, thereby altering its affinity for binding to known regulatory elements within the human topoisomerase IIα promoter. Taken together, these results highlight the synergistic potential of combining PARP inhibitors with classical topoisomerase IIα-targeting drugs.
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Inbar D, Cohen-Armon M, Neumann D. Erythropoietin-driven signalling and cell migration mediated by polyADP-ribosylation. Br J Cancer 2012; 107:1317-26. [PMID: 22955851 PMCID: PMC3494439 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background: Recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) is the leading biotechnology engineered hormone for treatment of anaemia associated with chronic conditions including kidney failure and cancer. The finding of EPO receptors on cancer cells has raised the concern that in addition to its action in erythropoiesis, EPO may promote tumour cell growth. We questioned whether EPO-induced signalling and consequent malignant cell manifestation is mediated by polyADP-ribosylation. Methods: Erythropoietin-mediated PARP (polyADP-ribose polymerase-1) activation, gene expression and core histone H4 acetylation were examined in UT7 cells, using western blot analysis, RT–PCR and immunofluorescence. Erythropoietin-driven migration of the human breast epithelial cell line MDA-MB-435 was determined by the scratch assay and in migration chambers. Results: We have found that EPO treatment induced PARP activation. Moreover, EPO-driven c-fos and Egr-1 gene expression as well as histone H4 acetylation were mediated via polyADP-ribosylation. Erythropoietin-induced cell migration was blocked by the PARP inhibitor, ABT-888, indicating an essential role for polyADP-ribosylation in this process. Conclusions: We have identified a novel pathway by which EPO-induced gene expression and breast cancer cell migration are regulated by polyADP-ribosylation. This study introduces new possibilities regarding EPO treatment for cancer-associated anaemia where combining systemic EPO treatment with targeted administration of PARP inhibitors to the tumour may allow safe treatment with EPO, minimising its possible undesirable proliferative effects on the tumour.
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- D Inbar
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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Rojo F, García-Parra J, Zazo S, Tusquets I, Ferrer-Lozano J, Menendez S, Eroles P, Chamizo C, Servitja S, Ramírez-Merino N, Lobo F, Bellosillo B, Corominas JM, Yelamos J, Serrano S, Lluch A, Rovira A, Albanell J. Nuclear PARP-1 protein overexpression is associated with poor overall survival in early breast cancer. Ann Oncol 2012; 23:1156-1164. [PMID: 21908496 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdr361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is a highly promising novel target in breast cancer. However, the expression of PARP-1 protein in breast cancer and its associations with outcome are yet poorly characterized. PATIENTS AND METHODS Quantitative expression of PARP-1 protein was assayed by a specific immunohistochemical signal intensity scanning assay in a range of normal to malignant breast lesions, including a series of patients (N = 330) with operable breast cancer to correlate with clinicopathological factors and long-term outcome. RESULTS PARP-1 was overexpressed in about a third of ductal carcinoma in situ and infiltrating breast carcinomas. PARP-1 protein overexpression was associated to higher tumor grade (P = 0.01), estrogen-negative tumors (P < 0.001) and triple-negative phenotype (P < 0.001). The hazard ratio (HR) for death in patients with PARP-1 overexpressing tumors was 7.24 (95% CI; 3.56-14.75). In a multivariate analysis, PARP-1 overexpression was an independent prognostic factor for both disease-free (HR 10.05; 95% CI 5.42-10.66) and overall survival (HR 1.82; 95% CI 1.32-2.52). CONCLUSIONS Nuclear PARP-1 is overexpressed during the malignant transformation of the breast, particularly in triple-negative tumors, and independently predicts poor prognosis in operable invasive breast cancer.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Animals
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Breast Neoplasms/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/diagnosis
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Cell Nucleus/pathology
- Cells, Cultured
- Disease Progression
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Staging
- Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1
- Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors
- Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/genetics
- Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/metabolism
- Prognosis
- RNA, Small Interfering/pharmacology
- Survival Analysis
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
- Up-Regulation/genetics
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- F Rojo
- Cancer Research Program, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona; Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona; Department of Pathology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid
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- Cancer Research Program, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona; Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
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- Department of Pathology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valencia
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- Cancer Research Program, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona; Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valencia
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- Department of Pathology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid
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- Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
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- Department of Oncology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
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- Cancer Research Program, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona; Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona; Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona
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- Cancer Research Program, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona; Immunology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona; Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona
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- Department of Oncology and Hematology, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Valencia; Department of Medicine, Valencia Central University, Valencia, Spain
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- Cancer Research Program, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona; Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
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- Cancer Research Program, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona; Medical Oncology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona; Department of Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona.
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Orlando L, Schiavone P, Fedele P, Calvani N, Nacci A, Cinefra M, D'Amico M, Mazzoni E, Marino A, Sponziello F, Morelli F, Lombardi L, Silvestris N, Cinieri S. Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP): rationale, preclinical and clinical evidences of its inhibition as breast cancer treatment. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2012; 16 Suppl 2:S83-9. [DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2011.648925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Increased poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in skeletal muscle tissue of pediatric patients with severe burn injury: prevention by propranolol treatment. Shock 2011; 36:18-23. [PMID: 21368715 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0b013e3182168d8f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Activation of the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) has been shown to promote cellular energetic collapse and cellular necrosis in various forms of critical illness. Most of the evidence implicating the PARP pathway in disease processes is derived from preclinical studies. With respect to PARP and burns, studies in rodent and large animal models of burn injury have demonstrated the activation of PARP in various tissues and the beneficial effect of its pharmacological inhibition. The aims of the current study were to measure the activation of PARP in human skeletal muscle biopsies at various stages of severe pediatric burn injury and to identify the cell types where this activation may occur. Another aim of the study was to test the effect of propranolol (an effective treatment of patients with burns) on the activation of PARP in skeletal muscle biopsies. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activation was measured by Western blotting for its product, poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR). The localization of PARP activation was determined by PAR immunohistochemistry. The results showed that PARP becomes activated in the skeletal muscle tissue after burns, with the peak of the activation occurring in the middle stage of the disease (13-18 days after burns). Even at the late stage of the disease (69-369 days after burn), an elevated degree of PARP activation persisted in some of the patients. Immunohistochemical studies localized the staining of PAR primarily to vascular endothelial cells and occasionally to resident mononuclear cells. There was a marked suppression of PARP activation in the skeletal muscle biopsies of patients who received propranolol treatment. We conclude that human burn injury is associated with the activation of PARP. We hypothesize that this response may contribute to the inflammatory responses and cell dysfunction in burns. Some of the clinical benefit of propranolol in burns may be related to its inhibitory effect on PARP activation.
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Mukhopadhyay P, Horváth B, Kechrid M, Tanchian G, Rajesh M, Naura AS, Boulares AH, Pacher P. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 is a key mediator of cisplatin-induced kidney inflammation and injury. Free Radic Biol Med 2011; 51:1774-88. [PMID: 21884784 PMCID: PMC3207278 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2011] [Revised: 08/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/11/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cisplatin is a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug, the clinical use of which is limited by the development of dose-dependent nephrotoxicity. Enhanced inflammatory response, oxidative stress, and cell death have been implicated in the development of cisplatin-induced nephropathy; however, the precise mechanisms are elusive. Overactivation of the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) by oxidative DNA damage under various pathological conditions promotes cell death and up-regulation of key proinflammatory pathways. In this study, using a well-established model of nephropathy, we have explored the role of PARP-1 in cisplatin-induced kidney injury. Genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of PARP-1 markedly attenuated the cisplatin-induced histopathological damage, impaired renal function (elevated serum BUN and creatinine levels), and enhanced inflammatory response (leukocyte infiltration; TNF-α, IL-1β, F4/80, adhesion molecules ICAM-1/VCAM-1 expression) and consequent oxidative/nitrative stress (4-HNE, 8-OHdG, and nitrotyrosine content; NOX2/NOX4 expression). PARP inhibition also facilitated the cisplatin-induced death of cancer cells. Thus, PARP activation plays an important role in cisplatin-induced kidney injury, and its pharmacological inhibition may represent a promising approach to preventing the cisplatin-induced nephropathy. This is particularly exciting because several PARP inhibitors alone or in combination with DNA-damaging anticancer agents show considerable promise in clinical trials for treatment of various malignancies (e.g., triple-negative breast cancer).
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- Partha Mukhopadhyay
- Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- The Stanley Scott Cancer Center Department and Department of Pharmacology; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- The Stanley Scott Cancer Center Department and Department of Pharmacology; Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Laboratory of Physiologic Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Kakiuchi-Kiyota S, Arnold LL, Yokohira M, Koza-Taylor P, Suzuki S, Varney M, Pennington KL, Cohen SM. Evaluation of Direct and Indirect Effects of the PPARγ Agonist Troglitazone on Mouse Endothelial Cell Proliferation. Toxicol Pathol 2011; 39:1032-45. [DOI: 10.1177/0192623311422080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Satoko Kakiuchi-Kiyota
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Experimental Pathology and Tumor Biology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Caldini R, Fanti E, Magnelli L, Barletta E, Tanganelli E, Zampieri M, Chevanne M. Low doses of 3-aminobenzamide, a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor, stimulate angiogenesis by regulating expression of urokinase type plasminogen activator and matrix metalloprotease 2. Vasc Cell 2011; 3:12. [PMID: 21595892 PMCID: PMC3117742 DOI: 10.1186/2045-824x-3-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase (PARP) activity has been demonstrated fundamental in many cellular processes, including DNA repair, cell proliferation and differentiation. In particular, PARP activity has been recently found to affect proliferation, migration, and tube formation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells. In recent times, PARP inhibitors have entered in clinical trials to potentiate cancer treatments by preventing DNA repair, but little is known about the effects performed by different drug concentrations on neoangiogenesis, an essential step in tumor growth. Methods Human umbilical vein endothelial cells were treated with 3 aminobenzamide (3ABA), a PARP inhibitor, and tested for several different cellular parameters. Results Here we present in vitro evidence that a low concentration of 3ABA (50 μM), stimulates angiogenesis by decreasing fibrinolytic activity, carried out by urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), and by enhancing matrix metalloprotease-2 (MMP-2) gelatinolytic activity, in fibroblast growth factor-2-stimulated endothelial cells. These unbalanced pathways modify in vitro angiogenic steps, inhibiting chemoinvasion and stimulating tubulogenic activity. Conclusions Our results suggest that the proangiogenic effect of low concentrations of 3ABA alerts on the efficacy of PARP inhibitors to potentiate anticancer therapy. Moreover, they indicate that endothelial chemoinvasion and tubulogenesis depend on distinct proteolytic pathways.
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- Riccardo Caldini
- Department of Experimental Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, viale G,B, Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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Mangerich A, Bürkle A. How to kill tumor cells with inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation. Int J Cancer 2010; 128:251-65. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2010] [Accepted: 08/19/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Drugs that inhibit the enzyme poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) are showing considerable promise for the treatment of cancers that have mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 tumor suppressors. This therapeutic approach exploits a synthetic lethal strategy to target the specific DNA repair pathway in these tumors. High-grade ovarian cancers have a generally poor prognosis, and accumulating evidence suggests that mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2, or silencing of BRCA1 by promoter methylation, may be common in this disease. Here, we consider how the potential benefit of PARP inhibitors might be maximized in ovarian cancer. We suggest that it will be crucial to explore novel therapeutic trial strategies and drug combinations, and incorporate robust biomarkers predictive of response if these drugs are to reach their full potential.
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Fauzee NJS, Pan J, Wang YL. PARP and PARG inhibitors--new therapeutic targets in cancer treatment. Pathol Oncol Res 2010; 16:469-78. [PMID: 20383759 DOI: 10.1007/s12253-010-9266-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2009] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Today, the number of cancer patients throughout the world is increasing alarmingly and as per the World Health Organisation (WHO) data and statistics the prediction for the year 2020 will be 15 million new cases as compared to only 10 million cases in year 2000 leaving us dumbfounded. A lot of effort has been put in by researchers and scientists over decades to find drugs helpful in the treatment of cancers for the benefit of patients--the latest being the Poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) and the Poly ADP-ribose glycohydrolase (PARG) inhibitors. This review highlights their mechanism of action under the rationale of their use and current development in the field of cancer.
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- Nilufer Jasmine Selimah Fauzee
- Department of Pathology, Molecular Medicine and Cancer Research Center, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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Verheij M, Vens C, van Triest B. Novel therapeutics in combination with radiotherapy to improve cancer treatment: Rationale, mechanisms of action and clinical perspective. Drug Resist Updat 2010; 13:29-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2010.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2009] [Revised: 01/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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