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Lu S, Lamba M, Wang J, Dong Z. Targeting proliferating cell nuclear antigen enhances ionizing radiation-induced cytotoxicity in prostate cancer cells. Prostate 2024. [PMID: 39219052 DOI: 10.1002/pros.24786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Revised: 07/30/2024] [Accepted: 08/19/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is essential for DNA replication and repair, cell growth, and survival. PCNA also enhances androgen receptor (AR) signaling in prostate cancer (PC) cells. We identified a PCNA interaction protein (PIP) box at the N-terminal domain of AR and developed a small peptide PCNA inhibitor R9-AR-PIP containing AR PIP-box. We also identified a series of small molecule PCNA inhibitors (PCNA-Is) that bind directly to PCNA and interrupt PCNA functions. The present study investigated the effects of the PCNA inhibitors on the sensitivity of PC cells to X-ray radiation. METHODS The effects of targeting PCNA on radio sensitivity of PC cells were investigated in four lines of castration-resistant PC (CRPC) cells with different AR expression statuses. The cells were treated with the PCNA inhibitors and X-ray radiation alone or in combination. The effects of the treatment on expression of AR target genes, DNA damage response, DNA damage, homologous recombination repair (HRR), and cytotoxicity were evaluated. RESULTS We found that the androgen response element (ARE) occupancy of the DNA damage response gene PARP1 by AR is significantly attenuated by PCNA-I1S or R9-AR-PIP combined with X-ray radiation, while X-ray radiation alone does not enhance the ARE occupancy. PCNA-I1S or R9-AR-PIP alone significantly inhibits occupancy of the AR-occupied regions (AROR) in PRKDC and XRCC2 genes. R9-AR-PIP and PCNA-I1S inhibit expression of AR-Vs target gene cyclin A2 and show the additive effects with radiation in AR-positive CRPC cells. Targeting PCNA by PCNA-I1S and R9-AR-PIP downregulates expression of DNA damage response genes EXO1, Rad54L, Rad51, and/or PARP1 and shows the additive effects with radiation as compared with their respective controls in AR-positive CRPC LNCaP-AI, 22Rv1, and R1-D567 cells, but not in AR-negative PC-3 cells. R9-AR-PIP and PCNA-I1S elevate the levels of phospho-DNA-PKcs(S2056) and γH2AX, indicating DNA damage in response to radiation in AR-positive cells. The HRR is significantly attenuated by PCNA inhibitors PCNA-I1S, R9-AR-PIP, and T2AA in all four CRPC cells examined, and inhibited by Enzalutamide (Enz) only in 22RV1 cells. The cytotoxicity induced by X-ray radiation in androgen-dependent LNCaP cells is enhanced by Enz and a lower concentration of R9-AR-PIP in the colony formation assay. R9-AR-PIP at higher concentration reduces the colony formation and has an additive effect with X-ray radiation in all AR expressing cells, regardless of AR-FL and AR-Vs, but does not significantly alter the colony formation in AR-negative PC-3 cells. PCNA-I1S attenuates colony formation and has an additive effect with ionizing radiation in all four CRPC cells, regardless of AR expression status. CONCLUSION These data provide a strong rationale for the therapy studies using PCNA-I1S or R9-AR-PIP in combination with X-ray radiation against CRPC tumors in preclinical models.
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- Shan Lu
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Dyshlovoy SA, Mansour WY, Ramm NA, Hauschild J, Zhidkov ME, Kriegs M, Zielinski A, Hoffer K, Busenbender T, Glumakova KA, Spirin PV, Prassolov VS, Tilki D, Graefen M, Bokemeyer C, von Amsberg G. Synthesis and new DNA targeting activity of 6- and 7-tert-butylfascaplysins. Sci Rep 2024; 14:11788. [PMID: 38783016 PMCID: PMC11116464 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-62358-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Fascaplysin is a red cytotoxic pigment with anticancer properties isolated from the marine sponge Fascaplysinopsis sp. Recently, structure-activity relationship analysis reported by our group suggested that selective cytotoxicity of fascaplysin derivatives towards tumor cells negatively correlates with their ability to intercalate into DNA. To validate this hypothesis, we synthesized 6- and 7-tert-butylfascaplysins which reveal mitigated DNA-intercalating properties. These derivatives were found to be strongly cytotoxic to drug-resistant human prostate cancer cells, albeit did not demonstrate improved selectivity towards cancer cells when compared to fascaplysin. At the same time, kinome analysis suggested an activation of CHK1/ATR axis in cancer cells shortly after the drug exposure. Further experiments revealed induction of replication stress that is eventually converted to the toxic DNA double-strand breaks, resulting in caspase-independent apoptosis-like cell death. Our observations highlight new DNA-targeting effect of some fascaplysin derivatives and indicate more complex structure-activity relationships within the fascaplysin family, suggesting that cytotoxicity and selectivity of these alkaloids are influenced by multiple factors. Furthermore, combination with clinically-approved inhibitors of ATR/CHK1 as well as testing in tumors particularly sensitive to the DNA damage should be considered in further studies.
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- Sergey A Dyshlovoy
- Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation With Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- Mildred Scheel Cancer Career Center HaTriCS4, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials, Institute of High Technologies and Advanced Materials, Far Eastern Federal University, FEFU Campus, Ajax Bay 10, 690922, Vladivostok, Russky Island, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation With Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials, Institute of High Technologies and Advanced Materials, Far Eastern Federal University, FEFU Campus, Ajax Bay 10, 690922, Vladivostok, Russky Island, Russian Federation
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- UCCH Kinomics Core Facility, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- UCCH Kinomics Core Facility, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation With Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova 32, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova 32, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova 32, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Cancer Cell Biology, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova 32, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
- Center for Precision Genome Editing and Genetic Technologies for Biomedicine, Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova 32, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Urology, Koc University Hospital, 34010, Istanbul, Turkey
- Martini-Klinik, Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Martini-Klinik, Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation With Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation With Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum - University Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- Martini-Klinik, Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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Calabrese M, Saporita I, Turco F, Gillessen S, Castro E, Vogl UM, Di Stefano RF, Carfì FM, Poletto S, Farinea G, Tucci M, Buttigliero C. Synthetic Lethality by Co-Inhibition of Androgen Receptor and Polyadenosine Diphosphate-Ribose in Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:78. [PMID: 38203248 PMCID: PMC10779404 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2023] [Revised: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPI) and polyadenosine diphosphate-ribose inhibitors (PARPi) are part of the standard of care in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). There is biological evidence that the association of ARPI and PARPi could have a synergistic effect; therefore, several ongoing clinical trials are investigating the efficacy of this combination with preliminary results that are not perfectly concordant in identifying patients who can obtain the most benefit from this therapeutic option. The purpose of this review is to describe the PARPi mechanisms of action and to analyze the biological mechanisms behind the interplay between the androgen receptor and the PARPi system to better understand the rationale of the ARPI + PARPi combinations. Furthermore, we will summarize the preliminary results of the ongoing studies on these combinations, trying to understand in which patients to apply. Finally, we will discuss the clinical implications of this combination and its possible future perspectives.
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- Mariangela Calabrese
- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, 10043 Orbassano, Italy; (M.C.); (I.S.); (F.T.); (R.F.D.S.); (F.M.C.); (S.P.); (G.F.)
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, 10043 Orbassano, Italy; (M.C.); (I.S.); (F.T.); (R.F.D.S.); (F.M.C.); (S.P.); (G.F.)
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, 10043 Orbassano, Italy; (M.C.); (I.S.); (F.T.); (R.F.D.S.); (F.M.C.); (S.P.); (G.F.)
- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale—Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; (S.G.); (U.M.V.)
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- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale—Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; (S.G.); (U.M.V.)
- Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland
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- Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, 28041 Madrid, Spain;
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- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale—Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana, 6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland; (S.G.); (U.M.V.)
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, 10043 Orbassano, Italy; (M.C.); (I.S.); (F.T.); (R.F.D.S.); (F.M.C.); (S.P.); (G.F.)
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, 10043 Orbassano, Italy; (M.C.); (I.S.); (F.T.); (R.F.D.S.); (F.M.C.); (S.P.); (G.F.)
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, 10043 Orbassano, Italy; (M.C.); (I.S.); (F.T.); (R.F.D.S.); (F.M.C.); (S.P.); (G.F.)
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, 10043 Orbassano, Italy; (M.C.); (I.S.); (F.T.); (R.F.D.S.); (F.M.C.); (S.P.); (G.F.)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cardinal Massaia Hospital, 14100 Asti, Italy;
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- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU San Luigi Gonzaga, 10043 Orbassano, Italy; (M.C.); (I.S.); (F.T.); (R.F.D.S.); (F.M.C.); (S.P.); (G.F.)
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Allen SG, Zhang C, Malone S, Roy S, Dess RT, Jackson WC, Mehra R, Speers C, Chinnaiyan AM, Sun Y, Spratt DE. Impact of sequencing of androgen receptor-signaling inhibition and radiotherapy in prostate cancer: importance of homologous recombination disruption. World J Urol 2023; 41:3877-3887. [PMID: 37851053 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-023-04649-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE The synergy of combining androgen receptor-signaling inhibition (ARSI) to radiotherapy (RT) in prostate cancer has been largely attributed to non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) inhibition. However, this mechanism is unlikely to explain recently observed trial results that demonstrated the sequencing of ARSI and RT significantly impacts clinical outcomes, with adjuvant ARSI following RT yielding superior outcomes to neoadjuvant/concurrent therapy. We hypothesized this is driven by differential effects on AR-signaling and alternative DNA repair pathway engagement based on ARSI/RT sequencing. METHODS We explored the effects of ARSI sequencing with RT (neoadjuvant vs concurrent vs adjuvant) in multiple prostate cancer cell lines using androgen-deprived media and validation with the anti-androgen enzalutamide. The effects of ARSI sequencing were measured with clonogenic assays, AR-target gene transcription and translation quantification, cell cycle analysis, DNA damage and repair assays, and xenograft animal validation studies. RESULTS Adjuvant ARSI after RT was significantly more effective at killing colony forming cells and decreasing the transcription and translation of downstream AR-target genes across all prostate cancer models evaluated. These results were reproduced in xenograft studies. The differential effects of ARSI sequencing were not fully explained by NHEJ inhibition alone, but by the additional disruption of homologous recombination specifically with adjuvant sequencing of ARSI. CONCLUSION We demonstrate that altered sequencing of ARSI and RT mediates differential anti-AR-signaling and anti-cancer effects, with the greatest benefit from adjuvant ARSI following RT. These results, combined with our prior clinical findings, support the superiority of an adjuvant-based sequencing approach when using ARSI with RT.
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- Steven G Allen
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Rogel Cancer Center and Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Population Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, UH Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Dong HY, Zang P, Bao ML, Zhou TR, Ni CB, Ding L, Zhao XS, Li J, Liang C. Enzalutamide and olaparib synergistically suppress castration-resistant prostate cancer progression by promoting apoptosis through inhibiting nonhomologous end joining pathway. Asian J Androl 2023; 25:687-694. [PMID: 37282383 DOI: 10.4103/aja202316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent studies revealed the relationship among homologous recombination repair (HRR), androgen receptor (AR), and poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP); however, the synergy between anti-androgen enzalutamide (ENZ) and PARP inhibitor olaparib (OLA) remains unclear. Here, we showed that the synergistic effect of ENZ and OLA significantly reduced proliferation and induced apoptosis in AR-positive prostate cancer cell lines. Next-generation sequencing followed by Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes enrichment analyses revealed the significant effects of ENZ plus OLA on nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) and apoptosis pathways. ENZ combined with OLA synergistically inhibited the NHEJ pathway by repressing DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) and X-ray repair cross complementing 4 (XRCC4). Moreover, our data showed that ENZ could enhance the response of prostate cancer cells to the combination therapy by reversing the anti-apoptotic effect of OLA through the downregulation of anti-apoptotic gene insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor ( IGF1R ) and the upregulation of pro-apoptotic gene death-associated protein kinase 1 ( DAPK1 ). Collectively, our results suggested that ENZ combined with OLA can promote prostate cancer cell apoptosis by multiple pathways other than inducing HRR defects, providing evidence for the combined use of ENZ and OLA in prostate cancer regardless of HRR gene mutation status.
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- Hui-Yu Dong
- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China
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Liu Q, Peng Q, Zhang B, Tan Y. X-ray cross-complementing family: the bridge linking DNA damage repair and cancer. J Transl Med 2023; 21:602. [PMID: 37679817 PMCID: PMC10483876 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04447-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Genomic instability is a common hallmark of human tumours. As a carrier of genetic information, DNA is constantly threatened by various damaging factors that, if not repaired in time, can affect the transmission of genetic information and lead to cellular carcinogenesis. In response to these threats, cells have evolved a range of DNA damage response mechanisms, including DNA damage repair, to maintain genomic stability. The X-ray repair cross-complementary gene family (XRCC) comprises an important class of DNA damage repair genes that encode proteins that play important roles in DNA single-strand breakage and DNA base damage repair. The dysfunction of the XRCC gene family is associated with the development of various tumours. In the context of tumours, mutations in XRCC and its aberrant expression, result in abnormal DNA damage repair, thus contributing to the malignant progression of tumour cells. In this review, we summarise the significant roles played by XRCC in diverse tumour types. In addition, we discuss the correlation between the XRCC family members and tumour therapeutic sensitivity.
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- Qiang Liu
- Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China
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- Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
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- Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Changsha, 410013, Hunan, China.
- NHC Key Laboratory of Human Stem Cell and Reproductive Engineering, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Reproductive and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, Hunan, China.
- Clinical Research Center for Reproduction and Genetics in Hunan Province, Reproductive and Genetic Hospital of CITIC-Xiangya, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China.
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Lukashchuk N, Barnicle A, Adelman CA, Armenia J, Kang J, Barrett JC, Harrington EA. Impact of DNA damage repair alterations on prostate cancer progression and metastasis. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1162644. [PMID: 37434977 PMCID: PMC10331135 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1162644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Prostate cancer is among the most common diseases worldwide. Despite recent progress with treatments, patients with advanced prostate cancer have poor outcomes and there is a high unmet need in this population. Understanding molecular determinants underlying prostate cancer and the aggressive phenotype of disease can help with design of better clinical trials and improve treatments for these patients. One of the pathways often altered in advanced prostate cancer is DNA damage response (DDR), including alterations in BRCA1/2 and other homologous recombination repair (HRR) genes. Alterations in the DDR pathway are particularly prevalent in metastatic prostate cancer. In this review, we summarise the prevalence of DDR alterations in primary and advanced prostate cancer and discuss the impact of alterations in the DDR pathway on aggressive disease phenotype, prognosis and the association of germline pathogenic alterations in DDR genes with risk of developing prostate cancer.
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- Natalia Lukashchuk
- Translational Medicine, Oncology Research and Development (R&D), AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Translational Medicine, Oncology Research and Development (R&D), AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Translational Medicine, Oncology Research and Development (R&D), AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Oncology Data Science, Oncology Research and Development (R&D), AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Global Medicines Development, Oncology Research and Development (R&D), AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, United States
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- Translational Medicine, Oncology Research and Development (R&D), AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA, United States
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- Translational Medicine, Oncology Research and Development (R&D), AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Adams MN, Croft LV, Urquhart A, Saleem MAM, Rockstroh A, Duijf PHG, Thomas PB, Ferguson GP, Najib IM, Shah ET, Bolderson E, Nagaraj S, Williams ED, Nelson CC, O'Byrne KJ, Richard DJ. hSSB1 (NABP2/OBFC2B) modulates the DNA damage and androgen-induced transcriptional response in prostate cancer. Prostate 2023; 83:628-640. [PMID: 36811381 PMCID: PMC10953336 DOI: 10.1002/pros.24496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Activation and regulation of androgen receptor (AR) signaling and the DNA damage response impact the prostate cancer (PCa) treatment modalities of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and radiotherapy. Here, we have evaluated a role for human single-strand binding protein 1 (hSSB1/NABP2) in modulation of the cellular response to androgens and ionizing radiation (IR). hSSB1 has defined roles in transcription and maintenance of genome stability, yet little is known about this protein in PCa. METHODS We correlated hSSB1 with measures of genomic instability across available PCa cases from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Microarray and subsequent pathway and transcription factor enrichment analysis were performed on LNCaP and DU145 prostate cancer cells. RESULTS Our data demonstrate that hSSB1 expression in PCa correlates with measures of genomic instability including multigene signatures and genomic scars that are reflective of defects in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks via homologous recombination. In response to IR-induced DNA damage, we demonstrate that hSSB1 regulates cellular pathways that control cell cycle progression and the associated checkpoints. In keeping with a role for hSSB1 in transcription, our analysis revealed that hSSB1 negatively modulates p53 and RNA polymerase II transcription in PCa. Of relevance to PCa pathology, our findings highlight a transcriptional role for hSSB1 in regulating the androgen response. We identified that AR function is predicted to be impacted by hSSB1 depletion, whereby this protein is required to modulate AR gene activity in PCa. CONCLUSIONS Our findings point to a key role for hSSB1 in mediating the cellular response to androgen and DNA damage via modulation of transcription. Exploiting hSSB1 in PCa might yield benefits as a strategy to ensure a durable response to ADT and/or radiotherapy and improved patient outcomes.
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- Mark N. Adams
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
- Centre for Data ScienceQueensland University of TechnologyBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
- Institute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of OsloOsloNorway
- Department of Medical GeneticsOslo University HospitalOsloNorway
- Diamantina InstituteThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
- Queensland Bladder Cancer InitiativeWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
- Queensland Bladder Cancer InitiativeWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre – QueenslandBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
- Cancer ServicesPrincess Alexandra HospitalWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Translational Research InstituteQueensland University of TechnologyWoolloongabbaQueenslandAustralia
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Rangsrikitphoti P, Marquez-Garban DC, Pietras RJ, McGowan E, Boonyaratanakornkit V. Sex steroid hormones and DNA repair regulation: Implications on cancer treatment responses. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2023; 227:106230. [PMID: 36450315 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2022.106230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The role of sex steroid hormones (SSHs) has been shown to modulate cancer cytotoxic treatment sensitivity. Dysregulation of DNA repair associated with genomic instability, abnormal cell survival and not only promotes cancer progression but also resistance to cancer treatment. The three major SSHs, androgen, estrogen, and progesterone, have been shown to interact with several essential DNA repair components. The presence of androgens directly regulates key molecules in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair. Estrogen can promote cell proliferation and DNA repair, allowing cancer cells to tolerate chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Information on the role of progesterone in DNA repair is limited: progesterone interaction with some DNA repair components has been identified, but the biological significance is still unknown. Here, we review the roles of how each SSH affects DNA repair regulation and modulates response to genotoxic therapies and discuss future research that can be beneficial when combining SSHs with cancer therapy. We also provide preliminary analysis from publicly available databases defining the link between progesterone/PR and DDRs & DNA repair regulation that plausibly contribute to chemotherapy response and breast cancer patient survival.
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- Pattarasiri Rangsrikitphoti
- Graduate Program in Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer and Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer and Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Graduate Program in Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine and Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand; Age-related Inflammation and Degeneration Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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Taylor AK, Kosoff D, Emamekhoo H, Lang JM, Kyriakopoulos CE. PARP inhibitors in metastatic prostate cancer. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1159557. [PMID: 37168382 PMCID: PMC10165068 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1159557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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Poly-ADP ribose polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) are an emerging therapeutic option for the treatment of prostate cancer. Their primary mechanism of action is via induction of synthetic lethality in cells with underlying deficiencies in homologous recombination repair (HRR). In men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and select HRR pathway alterations, PARPi treatment has been shown to induce objective tumor responses as well as improve progression free and overall survival. Presently, there are two PARPi, olaparib and rucaparib, that are FDA approved in the treatment of mCRPC. Ongoing research is focused on identifying which HRR alterations are best suited to predict response to PARPi so that these therapies can be most effectively utilized in the clinic. While resistance to PARPi remains a concern, combination therapies may represent a mechanism to overcome or delay resistance.
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- Amy K. Taylor
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, WI, United States
- *Correspondence: Christos E. Kyriakopoulos,
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Erlandsson A, Lundholm M, Watz J, Bergh A, Petrova E, Alamdari F, Helleday T, Davidsson S, Andren O, Tarish F. Infiltrating immune cells in prostate cancer tissue after androgen deprivation and radiotherapy. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2023; 37:3946320231158025. [PMID: 36880147 PMCID: PMC9996739 DOI: 10.1177/03946320231158025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has long been a cornerstone in treatment of advanced prostate cancer (PCa), and is known to improve the results of radiotherapy (RT) for high-risk disease. The purpose of our study was to use a multiplexed immunohistochemical (mIHC) approach to investigate the infiltration of immune cells in PCa tissue after eight weeks of ADT and/or RT with 10 Gy. METHODS From a cohort of 48 patients divided into two treatment arms, we obtained biopsies before and after treatment and used a mIHC method with multispectral imaging to analyze the infiltration of immune cells in tumor stroma and tumor epithelium, focusing on areas with high infiltration. RESULTS Tumor stroma showed a significantly higher infiltration of immune cells compared to tumor epithelium. The most prominent immune cells were CD20+ B-lymphocytes, followed by CD68+ macrophages, CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells, FOXP3+ regulatory T-cells (Tregs), and T-bet+ Th1-cells. Neoadjuvant ADT followed by RT significantly increased the infiltration of all five immune cells. Numbers of Th1-cells and Tregs significantly increased after single treatment with ADT or RT. In addition, ADT alone increased the number of cytotoxic T-cells and RT increased the number of B-cells. CONCLUSIONS Neoadjuvant ADT in combination with RT results in a higher inflammatory response compared to RT or ADT alone. The mIHC method may be a useful tool for investigating infiltrating immune cells in PCa biopsies to understand how immunotherapeutic approaches can be combined with current PCa therapies.
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- Ann Erlandsson
- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, 59566Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.,Department of Environmental and Life Sciences/Biology, 101086Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, 377074Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental and Life Sciences/Biology, 101086Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, 377074Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Pathology and Cytology, 59594Central Hospital Karlstad, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, 370894Västmanlands Hospital, Västerås, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 463758Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, 59566Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, 59566Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 463758Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
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Marklund M, Schultz N, Friedrich S, Berglund E, Tarish F, Tanoglidi A, Liu Y, Bergenstråhle L, Erickson A, Helleday T, Lamb AD, Sonnhammer E, Lundeberg J. Spatio-temporal analysis of prostate tumors in situ suggests pre-existence of treatment-resistant clones. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5475. [PMID: 36115838 PMCID: PMC9482614 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33069-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The molecular mechanisms underlying lethal castration-resistant prostate cancer remain poorly understood, with intratumoral heterogeneity a likely contributing factor. To examine the temporal aspects of resistance, we analyze tumor heterogeneity in needle biopsies collected before and after treatment with androgen deprivation therapy. By doing so, we are able to couple clinical responsiveness and morphological information such as Gleason score to transcriptome-wide data. Our data-driven analysis of transcriptomes identifies several distinct intratumoral cell populations, characterized by their unique gene expression profiles. Certain cell populations present before treatment exhibit gene expression profiles that match those of resistant tumor cell clusters, present after treatment. We confirm that these clusters are resistant by the localization of active androgen receptors to the nuclei in cancer cells post-treatment. Our data also demonstrates that most stromal cells adjacent to resistant clusters do not express the androgen receptor, and we identify differentially expressed genes for these cells. Altogether, this study shows the potential to increase the power in predicting resistant tumors.
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- Maja Marklund
- Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden
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- Division of Translational Medicine & Chemical Biology, Karolinska Institute, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Science for Laboratory, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden
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- Division of Translational Medicine & Chemical Biology, Karolinska Institute, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Pathology, Evangelismos General Hospital, 45-47 Ipsilantou str, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Translational Medicine & Chemical Biology, Karolinska Institute, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Translational Medicine & Chemical Biology, Karolinska Institute, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Science for Laboratory, Solna, Sweden.
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- Department of Gene Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden.
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Gani M, Xodo LE, Rapozzi V. Bystander effect in photosensitized prostate cancer cells with a different grade of malignancy: The role of nitric oxide. Nitric Oxide 2022; 128:25-36. [PMID: 35970264 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2022.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a therapeutic modality based on the simultaneous action of three elements: photosensitizer, light and oxygen. This triad generates singlet oxygen and reactive oxygen species that can reduce the mass of a tumor. PDT is also able to stimulate iNOS, the enzyme that generates nitric oxide (NO). The role of NO in PDT-treated cancer cells has been investigated in several studies. They showed that low iNOS/NO levels stimulate signaling pathways that promote tumor survival, while high iNOS/NO levels arrest tumor growth. There is increasing evidence that ROS/RNS control both proliferation and migration of cells in the vicinity of PDT-treated tumor cells (so-called bystander cells). In this work, we addressed the question of how NO, which is generated by weak PDT, affects bystander cells. We used a conditioned medium: medium of PDT-treated tumor cells containing the stressors produced by the cells was added to untreated cells mimicking the neighboring bystander cells to investigate whether the conditioned medium affects cell proliferation. We found that low-level NO in prostate cancer cells affects the bystander tumor cells in a manner that depends on their malignancy grade.
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- Mariachiara Gani
- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Udine, P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Udine, P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Udine, P.le Kolbe 4, 33100, Udine, Italy.
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Yu EM, Aragon-Ching JB. Advances with androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2022; 23:1015-1033. [PMID: 35108137 DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2022.2033210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been a treatment of choice for prostate cancer in almost all phases, particularly in the locally advanced, metastatic setting in both hormone-sensitive and castration-resistant diseaseand in those who are unfit for any local therapy. Different ways of administering ADT comes in the form of surgical or chemical castration with the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH-agonists) being the foremost way of delivering ADT. AREAS COVERED This review encompasses ADT history, use of leuprolide, degarelix, and relugolix, with contextual use of ADT in combination with androgen-signaling inhibitors and potential mechanisms of resistance. Novel approaches with regard to hormone therapy are also discussed. EXPERT OPINION The use of GnRH-agonists and GnRH-antagonists yields efficacy that is likely equivalent in resulting in testosterone suppression. While the side-effect profile with ADT are generally equivalent, effects on cardiovascular morbidity may be improved with the use of oral relugolix though this is noted with caution since the cardiovascular side-effects were a result of secondary subgroup analyses. The choice of ADT hinges upon cost, availability, ease of administration, and preference amongst physicians and patients alike.
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- Eun-Mi Yu
- GU Medical Oncology, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA, USA
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Owens JL, Beketova E, Liu S, Shen Q, Pawar JS, Asberry AM, Yang J, Deng X, Elzey BD, Ratliff TL, Cheng L, Choo CR, Citrin DE, Polascik TJ, Wang B, Huang J, Li C, Wan J, Hu CD. Targeting protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) suppresses radiation-induced neuroendocrine differentiation and sensitizes prostate cancer cells to radiation. Mol Cancer Ther 2022; 21:448-459. [PMID: 35027481 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-21-0103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Prostate cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death among American men. Radiation therapy (RT) is a potentially curative treatment for localized prostate cancer, and failure to control localized disease contributes to the majority of prostate cancer deaths. Neuroendocrine differentiation (NED) in prostate cancer, a process by which prostate adenocarcinoma cells transdifferentiate into neuroendocrine-like (NE-like) cells, is an emerging mechanism of resistance to cancer therapies and contributes to disease progression. NED also occurs in response to treatment to promote the development of treatment-induced neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC), a highly-aggressive and terminal stage disease. We previously demonstrated that by mimicking clinical RT protocol, fractionated ionizing radiation (FIR) induces prostate cancer cells to undergo NED in vitro and in vivo. Here, we performed transcriptomic analysis and confirmed that FIR-induced NE-like cells share some features of clinical NEPC, suggesting that FIR-induced NED represents a clinically-relevant model. Further, we demonstrated that protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5), a master epigenetic regulator of the DNA damage response and a putative oncogene in prostate cancer, along with its cofactors pICln and MEP50, mediate FIR-induced NED. Knockdown of PRMT5, pICln, or MEP50 during FIR-inhibited NED sensitized prostate cancer cells to radiation. Significantly, PRMT5 knockdown in prostate cancer xenograft tumors in mice during FIR prevented NED, enhanced tumor killing, significantly reduced and delayed tumor recurrence, and prolonged overall survival. Collectively, our results demonstrate that PRMT5 promotes FIR-induced NED and suggests that targeting PRMT5 may be a novel and effective radiosensitization approach for prostate cancer RT.
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- Jake L Owens
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacolog, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Comparative Pathobiology and the Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University West Lafayette
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine
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- Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University West Lafayette
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Carr TH, Adelman C, Barnicle A, Kozarewa I, Luke S, Lai Z, Hollis S, Dougherty B, Harrington EA, Kang J, Saad F, Sala N, Thiery-Vuillemin A, Clarke NW, Hodgson D, Barrett JC. Homologous Recombination Repair Gene Mutation Characterization by Liquid Biopsy: A Phase II Trial of Olaparib and Abiraterone in Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13225830. [PMID: 34830984 PMCID: PMC8616430 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13225830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Mutations in homologous recombination repair (HRR) genes are frequent in advanced prostate cancer and tumours harbouring these mutations have known sensitivity to PARP inhibitors, such as olaparib. In the randomized double-blind Phase II study (NCT01972218), olaparib and abiraterone prolonged radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) versus placebo and abiraterone in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) unselected by HRR status. The study was designed to prioritize tumour samples for a pre-specified analysis of HRR status but was challenged by a low tissue submission rate. Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) and germline testing were initiated to supplement the assessment. Here, we present data from further germline and ctDNA analyses which increase the number of patients with confirmed HRR status. Our results support prior findings that patients with mCRPC benefit from olaparib and abiraterone treatment regardless of HRR status and highlight the value of ctDNA testing as a complement to tumour tissue sequencing. Abstract Background: Phase III randomized trial data have confirmed the activity for olaparib in homologous recombination repair (HRR) mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) post next-generation hormonal agent (NHA) progression. Preclinical data have suggested the potential for a combined effect between olaparib and NHAs irrespective of whether an HRR gene alteration was present. NCT01972217 was a randomised double-blind Phase II study which evaluated olaparib and abiraterone versus placebo and abiraterone in mCRPC patients who had received prior chemotherapy containing docetaxel. The study showed that radiologic progression was significantly delayed by the combination of olaparib and abiraterone regardless of homologous recombination repair mutation (HRRm) status. The study utilized tumour, blood (germline), and circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) analysis to profile patient HRRm status, but tumour tissue provision was not mandated, leading to relatively low tissue acquisition and DNA sequencing success rates not representative of real-world testing. Patients and methods: Further analysis of germline and ctDNA samples has been performed for the trial to characterize HRRm status more fully and robustly analyse patient response to treatment. Results: Germline and plasma testing increased the HRRm characterized population from 27% to 68% of 142 randomized patients. Tumour-derived variants were detectable with high confidence in 78% of patients with a baseline plasma sample (71% of randomized patients). There was high concordance across methodologies (plasma vs. tumour; plasma vs. germline). The HR for the exploratory analysis of radiographic progression-free survival was 0.54 (95% CI: 0.32–0.93) in favour of olaparib and abiraterone in the updated HRR wild type (HRRwt) group (n = 73) and 0.62 (95% CI: 0.23–1.65) in the HRRm group (n = 23). Conclusion: Our results confirm the value of plasma testing for HRRm status when there is insufficient high-quality tissue for multi-gene molecular testing. We show that patients with mCRPC benefit from the combination of olaparib and abiraterone treatment regardless of HRRm status. The combination is currently being further investigated in the Phase III PROpel trial.
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- T. Hedley Carr
- AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, UK; (A.B.); (I.K.); (S.L.); (S.H.); (E.A.H.)
- Correspondence: (T.H.C.); (J.C.B.); Tel.: +44-(0)1223-223568 (T.H.C.)
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- AstraZeneca, Boston, MA 43183, USA; (C.A.); (Z.L.); (B.D.); (D.H.)
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- AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, UK; (A.B.); (I.K.); (S.L.); (S.H.); (E.A.H.)
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- AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, UK; (A.B.); (I.K.); (S.L.); (S.H.); (E.A.H.)
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- AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, UK; (A.B.); (I.K.); (S.L.); (S.H.); (E.A.H.)
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- AstraZeneca, Boston, MA 43183, USA; (C.A.); (Z.L.); (B.D.); (D.H.)
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- AstraZeneca, Cambridge CB4 0WG, UK; (A.B.); (I.K.); (S.L.); (S.H.); (E.A.H.)
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- AstraZeneca, Boston, MA 43183, USA; (C.A.); (Z.L.); (B.D.); (D.H.)
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- AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA;
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- University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada;
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Josep Trueta, 17007 Girona, Spain;
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- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester M20 4BX, UK;
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- AstraZeneca, Boston, MA 43183, USA; (C.A.); (Z.L.); (B.D.); (D.H.)
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- AstraZeneca, Boston, MA 43183, USA; (C.A.); (Z.L.); (B.D.); (D.H.)
- Correspondence: (T.H.C.); (J.C.B.); Tel.: +44-(0)1223-223568 (T.H.C.)
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Next Generation of Androgen Deprivation Therapy Combined With Radiotherapy for N0 M0 Prostate Cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 26:21-28. [PMID: 31977381 DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0000000000000428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Androgen deprivation therapy in combination with definitive radiation therapy is a standard of care for both intermediate-/high-risk localized prostate, locally advanced prostate cancer. Newer hormonal therapies have shown promising results in patients with castration-resistant disease and are now being investigated in early stages, in combination with radiation therapy. In this section, we review the body of evidence elucidating the mechanism of synergy and immune modulation effect of androgen deprivation therapy and radiation therapy, summarize the pivotal studies supporting its use in the nonmetastatic setting, and present the ongoing studies who will likely shape the management of locally advanced disease, in the upcoming years.
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Burdak-Rothkamm S, Mansour WY, Rothkamm K. DNA Damage Repair Deficiency in Prostate Cancer. Trends Cancer 2020; 6:974-984. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2020.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gilbreath C, Ma S, Yu L, Sonavane R, Roggero CM, Devineni A, Mauck R, Desai NB, Bagrodia A, Kittler R, Raj GV, Yin Y. Dynamic differences between DNA damage repair responses in primary tumors and cell lines. Transl Oncol 2020; 14:100898. [PMID: 33096336 PMCID: PMC7576517 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2020.100898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The study of DNA damage repair response (DDR) in prostate cancer is restricted by the limited number of prostate cancer cell lines and lack of surrogates for heterogeneity in clinical samples. Here, we sought to leverage our experience with patient derived explants (PDEs) cultured ex vivo to study dynamics of DDR in primary tumors following application of clinically relevant doses of ionizing radiation (IR) to tumor cells in their native 3-dimensional microenvironment. We compared DDR dynamics between prostate cancer cell lines, PDEs and xenograft derived explants (XDEs) following treatment with IR (2Gy) either alone or in combination with pharmacological modulators of DDR. We have shown that following treatment with 2Gy, DDR can be consistently detected in PDEs from multiple solid tumors, including prostate, kidney, testes, lung and breast, as evidenced by γ-H2AX, 53BP1, phospho-ATM and phospho-DNA-PKcs foci. By examining kinetics of resolution of IR-induced foci, we have shown that DDR in prostate PDEs (complete resolution in 8 h) is much faster than in prostate cancer cell lines (<50% resolution in 8 h). The transcriptional profile of DDR genes following 2Gy IR appears to be distinct between PDEs and cell lines. Pre-treatment with drugs targeting DDR pathways differentially alter the kinetics of DDR in the PDEs and cell lines, as evidenced by altered kinetics of foci resolution. This study highlights the utility of PDEs as a robust model system for short-term evaluation of DDR in primary solid tumors in clinically relevant microenvironment. IR induces distinct DNA damage repair kinetics in prostate cancer PDEs and cell lines. IR induces a distinct transcriptional program in prostate cancer PDE and cell lines. DNA-PKcs inhibition blocks IR-induced DDR in prostate cancer PDE. Inhibition of AR impairs NHEJ in prostate cancer PDEs.
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- Collin Gilbreath
- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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- Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Bungaro M, Buttigliero C, Tucci M. Overcoming the mechanisms of primary and acquired resistance to new generation hormonal therapies in advanced prostate cancer: focus on androgen receptor independent pathways. CANCER DRUG RESISTANCE (ALHAMBRA, CALIF.) 2020; 3:726-741. [PMID: 35582226 PMCID: PMC8992570 DOI: 10.20517/cdr.2020.42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
In recent years, many therapeutic advances have been made in the management of castration-resistant prostate cancer, with the development and approval of many new drugs. The androgen receptor (AR) is the main driver in prostate cancer growth and progression and the most effective therapeutic agents are still directed against this pathway. Among these, new generation hormonal agents (NHA) including enzalutamide, abiraterone acetate, apalutamide, and darolutamide have shown to improve overall survival and quality of life of prostate cancer patients. Unfortunately, despite the demonstrated benefit, not all patients respond to treatment and almost all are destined to develop a resistant phenotype. Although the resistance mechanisms are not fully understood, the most studied ones include the activation of both dependent and independent AR signalling pathways. Recent findings about multiple growth-promoting and survival pathways in advanced prostate cancer suggest the presence of alternative mechanisms involved in disease progression, and an interplay between these pathways and AR signalling. In this review we discuss the possible mechanisms of primary and acquired resistance to NHA with a focus on AR independent pathways.
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- Maristella Bungaro
- Medical Oncology, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Turin 10043, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, University of Turin, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Turin 10043, Italy
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- Medical Oncology, Cardinal Massaia Hospital, Asti 14100, Italy
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Nizialek E, Antonarakis ES. PARP Inhibitors in Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Evidence to Date. Cancer Manag Res 2020; 12:8105-8114. [PMID: 32982407 PMCID: PMC7489946 DOI: 10.2147/cmar.s227033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) are a unique class of antineoplastic agents that function by inducing synthetic lethality. Synthetic lethality occurs when PARPi and either another agent or an underlying genetic alteration together lead to overwhelming DNA damage and ultimately cell death. PARPi first showed promise as a cancer therapy in patients with BRCA1/2 mutations and have become part of standard treatment for breast and ovarian cancer. In prostate cancer, two PARPi, rucaparib and olaparib, have been FDA approved for the treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). While both agents are approved for tumors with BRCA1/2 alterations, for olaparib the indication is also expanded to patients with 12 other homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) gene alterations including ATM and PALB2. PARPi differ in their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, and additional studies are being conducted with niraparib, veliparib, and talazoparib in prostate cancer. While PARPi are fairly well tolerated, common toxicities include hematologic (anemia/thrombocytopenia) and gastrointestinal effects (nausea/vomiting). Ongoing studies are being conducted combining PARPi with other agents in patients with and without HRD alterations. Early data are promising for the combination of PARPi with second-generation antiandrogens and with immunotherapy. As additional trials are developed and reported, the hope is that the patient population who may benefit from PARPi will continue to expand.
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- Emily Nizialek
- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Urology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Elsesy ME, Oh-Hohenhorst SJ, Löser A, Oing C, Mutiara S, Köcher S, Meien S, Zielinski A, Burdak-Rothkamm S, Tilki D, Huland H, Schwarz R, Petersen C, Bokemeyer C, Rothkamm K, Mansour WY. Second-Generation Antiandrogen Therapy Radiosensitizes Prostate Cancer Regardless of Castration State through Inhibition of DNA Double Strand Break Repair. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E2467. [PMID: 32878283 PMCID: PMC7563746 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12092467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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(1) Background: The combination of the first-generation antiandrogens and radiotherapy (RT) has been studied extensively in the clinical setting of prostate cancer (PCa). Here, we evaluated the potential radiosensitizing effect of the second-generation antiandrogens abiraterone acetate, apalutamide and enzalutamide. (2) Methods: Cell proliferation and agarose-colony forming assay were used to measure the effect on survival. Double strand break repair efficiency was monitored using immunofluorescence staining of γH2AX/53BP1. (3) Results: We report retrospectively a minor benefit for PCa patients received first-generation androgen blockers and RT compared to patients treated with RT alone. Combining either of the second-generation antiandrogens and 2Gy suppressed cell growth and increased doubling time significantly more than 2Gy alone, in both hormone-responsive LNCaP and castration-resistant C4-2B cells. These findings were recapitulated in resistant sub-clones to (i) hormone ablation (LNCaP-abl), (ii) abiraterone acetate (LNCaP-abi), (iii) apalutamide (LNCaP-ARN509), (iv) enzalutamide (C4-2B-ENZA), and in castration-resistant 22-RV1 cells. This radiosensitization effect was not observable using the first-generation antiandrogen bicalutamide. Inhibition of DNA DSB repair was found to contribute to the radiosensitization effect of second-generation antiandrogens, as demonstrated by a significant increase in residual γH2AX and 53BP1 foci numbers at 24h post-IR. DSB repair inhibition was further demonstrated in 22 patient-derived tumor slice cultures treated with abiraterone acetate before ex-vivo irradiation with 2Gy. (4) Conclusion: Together, these data show that second-generation antiandrogens can enhance radiosensitivity in PCa through DSB repair inhibition, regardless of their hormonal status. Translated into clinical practice, our results may help to find additional strategies to improve the effectiveness of RT in localized PCa, paving the way for a clinical trial.
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- Mohamed E. Elsesy
- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
- Department of Tumor Biology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo 11796, Egypt
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (S.J.O.-H.); (D.T.); (H.H.)
- Institute of Anatomy and Experimental Morphology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (C.O.); (C.B.)
- Mildred Scheel Cancer Career Center HaTriCS4, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
- Mildred Scheel Cancer Career Center HaTriCS4, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (S.J.O.-H.); (D.T.); (H.H.)
- Department of Urology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (S.J.O.-H.); (D.T.); (H.H.)
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
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- Department of Oncology, Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section of Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (C.O.); (C.B.)
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany; (M.E.E.); (A.L.); (S.M.); (S.K.); (S.M.); (A.Z.); (S.B.-R.); (R.S.); (C.P.); (K.R.)
- Department of Tumor Biology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Cairo 11796, Egypt
- Mildred Scheel Cancer Career Center HaTriCS4, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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Dandapani SV, Wong J, Twardowski P. Review of Radium-223 and Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer. Cancer Biother Radiopharm 2020; 35:490-496. [PMID: 32762539 DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2019.3493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background: Radium-223 is approved for treatment of bone metastases in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). After the ALSYMPCA trial showed overall survival benefit with the addition of radium-223 to standard of care in mCRPC in 2013, there have been numerous publications and trials using radium-223 in mCRPC. Recently, there has been interest in using radium-223 earlier in the metastatic prostate cancer timeline, in metastatic castrate-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC); however, currently, radium-223 in mCSPC treatment is investigational. Aim: A literature search was conducted to review the use of radium-223 in mCSPC treatment from 1980 to 2019. A review of both radium-223 articles and abstracts was performed. Search terms included metastatic prostate cancer and radium-223, mCSPC, hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer, radium-223, and oligometastatic disease. The results were limited to studies involving multiple patients with mCSPC. Conclusion: There are a limited number of studies of radium-223 in mCSPC treatment and the authors report on these studies (two published studies and four ongoing trials). Trials are currently underway to assess if radium-223 could be used in mCSPC as a treatment for bone metastases and micrometastases. Future data from these trials will be informative as to the benefit of radium-223 in mCSPC treatment and may change treatment paradigms for mCSPC. This review will focus on trials assessing the role of radium-223 in mCSPC.
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- Savita V Dandapani
- Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California, USA
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Liu R, Shen L, Lin C, He J, Wang Q, Qi Z, Zhang Q, Zhou M, Wang Z. MiR-1587 Regulates DNA Damage Repair and the Radiosensitivity of CRC Cells via Targeting LIG4. Dose Response 2020; 18:1559325820936906. [PMID: 32636722 PMCID: PMC7315685 DOI: 10.1177/1559325820936906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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DNA is subject to a range of endogenous and exogenous insults that can impair DNA replication and lead to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). The repair capacity of cancer cells mediates their radiosensitivity, but the roles of miR-1587 during radiation resistance are poorly characterized. In this study, we explored whether miR-1587 regulates the growth and radiosensitivity of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells through its ability to regulate DNA Ligase4 (LIG4). We found that CRC cells in which miR-1587 was overexpressed inhibited cell growth and promoted apoptosis through increasing DSBs and promoting cell cycle arrest. We found that overexpression of miR-1587 significantly inhibited LIG4 messenger RNA and protein expression and further revealed the ability of miR-1587 to directly bind to the LIG4-3′-untranslated region through dual-luciferase reporter assays. More notably, miR-1587 mimics increased the radiosensitivity of CRC cells. Taken together, we show that miR-1587 overexpression enhances the formation of DSBs, arrests CRC cell growth, and enhances the radiosensivity of CRC cells through the direct repression of LIG4 expression. These results reveal novel roles for miR-1587 during DNA damage repair and the radiosensivity of CRC cells. This highlights miR-1587 as a novel therapeutic target for CRC.
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- Ruixue Liu
- Department of Radiation Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Xiao HW, Cui M, Li Y, Dong JL, Zhang SQ, Zhu CC, Jiang M, Zhu T, Wang B, Wang HC, Fan SJ. Gut microbiota-derived indole 3-propionic acid protects against radiation toxicity via retaining acyl-CoA-binding protein. MICROBIOME 2020; 8:69. [PMID: 32434586 PMCID: PMC7241002 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-00845-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND We have proved fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an efficacious remedy to mitigate acute radiation syndrome (ARS); however, the mechanisms remain incompletely characterized. Here, we aimed to tease apart the gut microbiota-produced metabolites, underpin the therapeutic effects of FMT to radiation injuries, and elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms. RESULTS FMT elevated the level of microbial-derived indole 3-propionic acid (IPA) in fecal pellets from irradiated mice. IPA replenishment via oral route attenuated hematopoietic system and gastrointestinal (GI) tract injuries intertwined with radiation exposure without precipitating tumor growth in male and female mice. Specifically, IPA-treated mice represented a lower system inflammatory level, recuperative hematogenic organs, catabatic myelosuppression, improved GI function, and epithelial integrity following irradiation. 16S rRNA gene sequencing and subsequent analyses showed that irradiated mice harbored a disordered enteric bacterial pattern, which was preserved after IPA administration. Notably, iTRAQ analysis presented that IPA replenishment retained radiation-reprogrammed protein expression profile in the small intestine. Importantly, shRNA interference and hydrodynamic-based gene delivery assays further validated that pregnane X receptor (PXR)/acyl-CoA-binding protein (ACBP) signaling played pivotal roles in IPA-favored radioprotection in vitro and in vivo. CONCLUSIONS These evidences highlight that IPA is a key intestinal microbiota metabolite corroborating the therapeutic effects of FMT to radiation toxicity. Owing to the potential pitfalls of FMT, IPA might be employed as a safe and effective succedaneum to fight against accidental or iatrogenic ionizing ARS in clinical settings. Our findings also provide a novel insight into microbiome-based remedies toward radioactive diseases. Video abstract.
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- Hui-Wen Xiao
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China.
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China
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- Laboratory of Emergency Medicine, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 238 Baidi Road, Tianjin, 300192, China.
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Liu R, Zhang Q, Shen L, Chen S, He J, Wang D, Wang Q, Qi Z, Zhou M, Wang Z. Long noncoding RNA lnc-RI regulates DNA damage repair and radiation sensitivity of CRC cells through NHEJ pathway. Cell Biol Toxicol 2020; 36:493-507. [PMID: 32279126 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-020-09524-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A percentage of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients display low sensitivity to radiotherapy, which affects its therapeutic effect. Cancer cells DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) repair capacity is crucial for radiosensitivity, but the roles of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in this process are largely uncharacterized. This study aims to explore whether lnc-RI regulates CRC cell growth and radiosensitivity by regulating the nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) repair pathway. CRC cells in which lnc-RI has been silenced showed lower cell growth and higher apoptosis rates due to increased DSBs and cell cycle arrest. We found that miR-4727-5p targets both lnc-RI and LIG4 mRNA and inhibit their expression. CRC cells showed increased radiosensitivity when lnc-RI was silenced. These results reveal novel roles for lnc-RI in both DNA damage repair and radiosensitivity regulation in CRC cells. Our study revealed that lnc-RI regulates LIG4 expression through lnc-RI/miR-4727-5p/LIG4 axis and regulates NHEJ repair efficiency to participate in DNA damage repair. The level of lnc-RI was negatively correlated with the radiosensitivity of CRC cells, indicates that lnc-RI may be a potential target for CRC therapy. We also present the first report of the function of miR-4727-5p.
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- Ruixue Liu
- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Department of Radiation Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Shenyang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- PLA Rocket Force Characteristic Medical Center, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiobiology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Zhang W, van Gent DC, Incrocci L, van Weerden WM, Nonnekens J. Role of the DNA damage response in prostate cancer formation, progression and treatment. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis 2020; 23:24-37. [PMID: 31197228 PMCID: PMC8076026 DOI: 10.1038/s41391-019-0153-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Clinical and preclinical studies have revealed that alterations in DNA damage response (DDR) pathways may play an important role in prostate cancer (PCa) etiology and progression. These alterations can influence PCa responses to radiotherapy and anti-androgen treatment. The identification of DNA repair gene aberrations in PCa has driven the interest for further evaluation whether these genetic changes may serve as biomarkers for patient stratification. METHODS In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on DDR alterations in PCa, their potential impact on clinical interventions and prospects for improved management of PCa. We particularly focus on the influence of DDR gene mutations on PCa initiation and progression and describe the underlying mechanisms. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS A better understanding of these mechanisms, will contribute to better disease management as treatment strategies can be chosen based on the specific disease properties, since a growing number of treatments are targeting DDR pathway alterations (such as Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors). Furthermore, the recently discovered crosstalk between the DDR and androgen receptor signaling opens a new array of possible strategies to optimize treatment combinations. We discuss how these recent and ongoing studies will help to improve diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic approaches for PCa management.
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- Wenhao Zhang
- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XOncode Institute, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.508717.c0000 0004 0637 3764Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Experimental Urology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ,grid.5645.2000000040459992XDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Owens JL, Beketova E, Liu S, Tinsley SL, Asberry AM, Deng X, Huang J, Li C, Wan J, Hu CD. PRMT5 Cooperates with pICln to Function as a Master Epigenetic Activator of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Genes. iScience 2019; 23:100750. [PMID: 31884170 PMCID: PMC6941881 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.100750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair is critical for cell survival and genome integrity. Upon recognition of DSBs, repair proteins are transiently upregulated to facilitate repair through homologous recombination (HR) or non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). We present evidence that PRMT5 cooperates with pICln to function as a master epigenetic activator of DNA damage response (DDR) genes involved in HR, NHEJ, and G2 arrest (including RAD51, BRCA1, and BRCA2) to upregulate gene expression upon DNA damage. Contrary to the predominant role of PRMT5 as an epigenetic repressor, our results demonstrate that PRMT5 and pICln can activate gene expression, potentially independent of PRMT5's obligate cofactor MEP50. Targeting PRMT5 or pICln hinders repair of DSBs in multiple cancer cell lines, and both PRMT5 and pICln expression positively correlates with DDR genes across 32 clinical cancer datasets. Thus, targeting PRMT5 or pICln may be explored in combination with radiation or chemotherapy for cancer treatment. PRMT5 activates transcription of DSB repair genes upon DNA damage pICln cooperates with PRMT5 to activate transcription of DSB repair genes Targeting PRMT5 is effective to sensitize multiple cancer types to radiation PRMT5 expression positively correlates with DSB repair genes in cancer tissues
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- Jake L Owens
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; The Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; The Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of BioHealth Informatics, Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA; Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Apalutamide Sensitizes Prostate Cancer to Ionizing Radiation via Inhibition of Non-Homologous End-Joining DNA Repair. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11101593. [PMID: 31635359 PMCID: PMC6827010 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11101593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Androgen-deprivation therapy was shown to improve treatment outcome of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) for locally advanced prostate cancer (PCa). DNA damage response (DDR) was suggested to play a role in the underlying mechanism, but conflicting results were reported. This study aims to reveal the role of the androgen receptor (AR) in EBRT-induced DDR and to investigate whether next-generation AR inhibitor apalutamide can radiosensitize PCa. PCa cell lines and tissue slices were treated with anti-androgen alone or combined with EBRT. The effect of treatments on cell growth, tissue viability, DDR, and cell cycle were investigated. RAD51 and DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) levels were determined by Western blotting. Homologous recombination (HR) capacity was measured with the directed repeats-green fluorescent protein (DR-GFP) assay. We report the radiosensitizing effect of anti-androgens, which showed synergism in combination with EBRT in AR-expressing tumor slices and cell lines. Moreover, a compromised DDR was observed in AR-expressing cells upon AR suppression. We found that AR inhibition downregulated DNA-PKcs expression, resulting in reduced non-homologous end-joining repair. DDR through HR was a secondary effect due to cell-cycle change. These data provide a mechanistic explanation for the combination regimen and support the clinical use of apalutamide together with EBRT for localized PCa patients.
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Ferreira S, Dutreix M. DNA repair inhibitors to enhance radiotherapy: Progresses and limitations. Cancer Radiother 2019; 23:883-890. [PMID: 31615730 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2019.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Radiotherapy is one of the most common form of treatment in oncology care. Indeed, radiotherapy proved to be very effective in treating a wide range of malignancies. Nevertheless, certain tumours are intrinsically radioresistant or may evolve to become radioresistant. Resistance to radiotherapy is often associated with dysregulated DNA damage response and repair. Recently, a number of strategies have been developed to improve radiotherapy efficacy by targeting the DNA damage response and repair pathways. Ongoing clinical trials showed the potential of some of these approaches in enhancing radiotherapy, but also highlighted the possible limitations. Here, we will describe (i) the main mechanisms involved in double-strand break repair; (ii) available strategies that target these DNA repair processes to improve radiotherapy and (iii) the clinical outcomes and challenges that have emerged so far.
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- S Ferreira
- Centre universitaire, institut Curie, UMR « Etic », bâtiment 110, 91405 Orsay cedex, France; Université PSL, 91405 Orsay, France; CNRS, UMR 3347, 91405 Orsay, France; Inserm, UMR 3347, 91405 Orsay, France; Université Paris-Sud université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Centre universitaire, institut Curie, UMR « Etic », bâtiment 110, 91405 Orsay cedex, France; Université PSL, 91405 Orsay, France; CNRS, UMR 3347, 91405 Orsay, France; Inserm, UMR 3347, 91405 Orsay, France; Université Paris-Sud université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France.
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Fatty Acid Inhibition Sensitizes Androgen-Dependent and -Independent Prostate Cancer to Radiotherapy via FASN/NF-κB Pathway. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13284. [PMID: 31527721 PMCID: PMC6746859 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49486-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Elevated fatty acid synthase (FASN) has been reported in both androgen-dependent and -independent prostate cancers. Conventional treatment for prostate cancer is radiotherapy (RT); however, the following radiation-induced radioresistance often causes treatment failure. Upstream proteins of FASN such as Akt and NF-κB are found increased in the radioresistant prostate cancer cells. Nevertheless, whether inhibition of FASN could improve RT outcomes and reverse radiosensitivity of prostate cancer cells is still unknown. Here, we hypothesised that orlistat, a FASN inhibitor, could improve RT outcomes in prostate cancer. Orlistat treatment significantly reduced the S phase population in both androgen-dependent and -independent prostate cancer cells. Combination of orlistat and RT significantly decreased NF-κB activity and related downstream proteins in both prostate cancer cells. Combination effect of orlistat and RT was further investigated in both LNCaP and PC3 tumour-bearing mice. Combination treatment showed the best tumour inhibition compared to that of orlistat alone or RT alone. These results suggest that prostate cancer treated by conventional RT could be improved by orlistat via inhibition of FASN.
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Ten-year survival after High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy combined with External Beam Radiation Therapy in high-risk prostate cancer: A comparison with the Norwegian SPCG-7 cohort. Radiother Oncol 2019; 132:211-217. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Prostatic adenocarcinoma (PCa) remains a significant health concern. Although localized PCa can be effectively treated, disseminated disease remains uniformly fatal. PCa is reliant on androgen receptor (AR); as such, first-line therapy for metastatic PCa entails suppression of AR signaling. Although initially effective, recurrent tumors reactivate AR function, leading to a lethal stage of disease termed castration-resistant PCa (CRPC). Recent findings implicate AR signaling in control of DNA repair and show that alterations in DNA damage repair pathways are strongly associated with disease progression and poor outcome. This review will address the DNA repair alterations observed in the clinical setting, explore the anticipated molecular and cellular consequence of DNA repair dysfunction, and consider clinical strategies for targeting tumors with altered DNA repair.
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- Matthew J Schiewer
- Department of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,19107.,The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,19107.,Department of Medical Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.,Department of Urology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.,The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
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Lückerath K, Wei L, Fendler WP, Evans-Axelsson S, Stuparu AD, Slavik R, Mona CE, Calais J, Rettig M, Reiter RE, Herrmann K, Radu CG, Czernin J, Eiber M. Preclinical evaluation of PSMA expression in response to androgen receptor blockade for theranostics in prostate cancer. EJNMMI Res 2018; 8:96. [PMID: 30374743 PMCID: PMC6206308 DOI: 10.1186/s13550-018-0451-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Background Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-directed radioligand therapy (RLT) is a promising yet not curative approach in castration-resistant (CR) prostate cancer (PC). Rational combination therapies may improve treatment efficacy. Here, we explored the effect of androgen receptor blockade (ARB) on PSMA expression visualized by PET and its potential additive effect when combined with 177Lu-PSMA RLT in a mouse model of prostate cancer. Methods Mice bearing human CRPC (C4-2 cells) xenografts were treated with 10 mg/kg enzalutamide (ENZ), with 50 mg/kg bicalutamide (BIC), or vehicle (control) for 21 days. PSMA expression was evaluated by 68Ga-PSMA11 PET/CT and quantified by flow cytometry of tumor fine needle aspirations before treatment and on days 23, 29, 34, and 39 post-therapy induction. For the RLT combination approach, mice bearing C4-2 tumors were treated with 10 mg/kg ENZ or vehicle for 21 days before receiving either 15 MBq (84 GBq/μmol) 177Lu-PSMA617 or vehicle. DNA damage was assessed as phospho-γH2A.X foci in tumor biopsies. Reduction of tumor volume on CT and survival were used as study endpoints. Results Tumor growth was delayed by ARB while 68Ga-PSMA11 uptake increased up to 2.3-fold over time when compared to controls. ABR-induced upregulation of PSMA expression was confirmed by flow cytometry. Phospho-γH2A.X levels increased 1.8- and 3.4-fold at 48 h in response to single treatment ENZ or RLT and ENZ+RLT, respectively. Despite significantly greater DNA damage and persistent increase of PSMA expression at the time of RLT, no additional tumor growth retardation was observed in the ENZ+RLT group (vs. RLT only, p = 0.372 at day 81). Median survival did not improve significantly when ENZ was combined with RLT. Conclusion ARB-mediated increases in PSMA expression in PC xenografts were evident by 68Ga-PSMA11 PET imaging and flow cytometry. 177Lu-PSMA617 effectively decreased C4-2 tumor size. However, while pre-treatment with ARB increased DNA damage significantly, it did not result in synergistic effects when combined with RLT. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13550-018-0451-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Katharina Lückerath
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. .,University of California at Los Angeles, Ahmanson Translational Imaging Division, 10833 Le Conte Ave, 200 Medical Plaza, Ste. B114-61, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-7370, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Wilkins A, Melcher A, Somaiah N. Science in Focus: Biological Optimisation of Radiotherapy Fraction Size in an Era of Immune Oncology. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2018; 30:605-608. [PMID: 30041845 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- A Wilkins
- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK; Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
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Sensitization of prostate cancer to radiation therapy: Molecules and pathways to target. Radiother Oncol 2018; 128:283-300. [PMID: 29929859 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 05/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Radiation therapy is used to treat cancer by radiation-induced DNA damage. Despite the best efforts to eliminate cancer, some cancer cells survive irradiation, resulting in cancer progression or recurrence. Alteration in DNA damage repair pathways is common in cancers, resulting in modulation of their response to radiation. This article focuses on the recent findings about molecules and pathways that potentially can be targeted to sensitize prostate cancer cells to ionizing radiation, thereby achieving an improved therapeutic outcome.
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Loblaw A, Liu S, Cheung P. Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy in patients with prostate cancer. Transl Androl Urol 2018; 7:330-340. [PMID: 30050794 PMCID: PMC6043737 DOI: 10.21037/tau.2018.01.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Prostate is the most common non-cutaneous cancer diagnosed among men in North America. Fortunately most prostate cancers are screen detected and non-metastatic on diagnosis. Treatment options for men with localized prostate cancer include surgery ± postoperative radiation or radiation ± androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). Brachytherapy ± external beam radiation treatment (EBRT) appears to have superior long-term disease control over EBRT alone likely because of higher biologic effective dose delivered. Stereotactic ablative body radiation (SABR) is a novel, non-invasive, high-precision EBRT technique that allows safe delivery of biologic doses similar to brachytherapy with similar or lower side effects [measured using toxicity or quality of life (QOL) scales]. Efficacy for SABR appears to be similar to brachytherapy including positive biopsy rates 2-3 years post treatment, biochemical failure (BF) rates out to 10-year and incidence of metastases. SABR dose escalation reduces biopsy positivity and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) nadirs but increases genitourinary (GU) and gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity-no effect on BF has been realized yet. The overall treatment time (OTT) varies in many protocols. Phase 2 randomized data shows that QOL is better in the acute setting with a weekly course of treatment compared to an every other day treatment regimen with no difference in late setting. Follow-up data are immature and likely underpowered to determine efficacy differences. SABR is cheaper and uses less resource than any other radiation technique. Given the healthcare resource challenges (including financial resources), SABR would be a welcomed addition if studies show non-inferiority to other radiation techniques. For patients with de novo or metastatic disease on relapse, there is much enthusiasm regarding the use of SABR in the setting of oligometastatic prostate cancer. SABR appears to be feasible to deliver, well tolerated and may delay the next line of therapy. However, until adequately powered randomized studies confirm a benefit, such an approach cannot be considered standard of care treatment at this time. Enrollment of eligible prostate cancer patients onto SABR clinical trials should be encouraged.
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- Andrew Loblaw
- Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Measurement and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Institute for Health Care Policy, Measurement and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Measurement and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Odette Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Measurement and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Wilkins AC, Gusterson B, Szijgyarto Z, Haviland J, Griffin C, Stuttle C, Daley F, Corbishley CM, Dearnaley DP, Hall E, Somaiah N. Ki67 Is an Independent Predictor of Recurrence in the Largest Randomized Trial of 3 Radiation Fractionation Schedules in Localized Prostate Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2018; 101:309-315. [PMID: 29559283 PMCID: PMC5947826 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.01.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess whether the cellular proliferation marker Ki67 provides prognostic information and predicts response to radiation therapy fractionation in patients with localized prostate tumors participating in a randomized trial of 3 radiation therapy fractionation schedules (74 Gy/37 fractions vs 60 Gy/20 fractions vs 57 Gy/19 fractions). METHODS AND MATERIALS A matched case-control study design was used; patients with biochemical/clinical failure >2 years after radiation therapy (BCR) were matched 1:1 to patients without recurrence using established prognostic factors (Gleason score, prostate-specific antigen, tumor stage) and fractionation schedule. Immunohistochemistry was used to stain diagnostic biopsy specimens for Ki67, which were scored using the unweighted global method. Conditional logistic regression models estimated the prognostic value of mean and maximum Ki67 scores on BCR risk. Biomarker-fractionation interaction terms determined whether Ki67 was predictive of BCR by fractionation. RESULTS Using 173 matched pairs, the median for mean and maximum Ki67 scores were 6.6% (interquartile range, 3.9%-9.8%) and 11.0% (interquartile range, 7.0%-15.0%) respectively. Both scores were significant predictors of BCR in models adjusted for established prognostic factors. Conditioning on matching variables and age, the odds of BCR were estimated to increase by 9% per 1% increase in mean Ki67 score (odds ratio 1.09; 95% confidence interval 1.04-1.15, P = .001). Interaction terms between Ki67 and fractionation schedules were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS Diagnostic Ki67 did not predict BCR according to fractionation schedule in CHHiP; however, it was a strong independent prognostic factor for BCR.
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- Anna C Wilkins
- Institute of Cancer Research-Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden, Sutton, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Research-Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Research-Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Research-Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden, Sutton, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cancer Research-Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom; The Royal Marsden, Sutton, London, United Kingdom.
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Wedge DC, Gundem G, Mitchell T, Woodcock DJ, Martincorena I, Ghori M, Zamora J, Butler A, Whitaker H, Kote-Jarai Z, Alexandrov LB, Van Loo P, Massie CE, Dentro S, Warren AY, Verrill C, Berney DM, Dennis N, Merson S, Hawkins S, Howat W, Lu YJ, Lambert A, Kay J, Kremeyer B, Karaszi K, Luxton H, Camacho N, Marsden L, Edwards S, Matthews L, Bo V, Leongamornlert D, McLaren S, Ng A, Yu Y, Zhang H, Dadaev T, Thomas S, Easton DF, Ahmed M, Bancroft E, Fisher C, Livni N, Nicol D, Tavaré S, Gill P, Greenman C, Khoo V, Van As N, Kumar P, Ogden C, Cahill D, Thompson A, Mayer E, Rowe E, Dudderidge T, Gnanapragasam V, Shah NC, Raine K, Jones D, Menzies A, Stebbings L, Teague J, Hazell S, Corbishley C, de Bono J, Attard G, Isaacs W, Visakorpi T, Fraser M, Boutros PC, Bristow RG, Workman P, Sander C, Hamdy FC, Futreal A, McDermott U, Al-Lazikani B, Lynch AG, Bova GS, Foster CS, Brewer DS, Neal DE, Cooper CS, Eeles RA. Sequencing of prostate cancers identifies new cancer genes, routes of progression and drug targets. Nat Genet 2018; 50:682-692. [PMID: 29662167 PMCID: PMC6372064 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0086-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Prostate cancer represents a substantial clinical challenge because it is difficult to predict outcome and advanced disease is often fatal. We sequenced the whole genomes of 112 primary and metastatic prostate cancer samples. From joint analysis of these cancers with those from previous studies (930 cancers in total), we found evidence for 22 previously unidentified putative driver genes harboring coding mutations, as well as evidence for NEAT1 and FOXA1 acting as drivers through noncoding mutations. Through the temporal dissection of aberrations, we identified driver mutations specifically associated with steps in the progression of prostate cancer, establishing, for example, loss of CHD1 and BRCA2 as early events in cancer development of ETS fusion-negative cancers. Computational chemogenomic (canSAR) analysis of prostate cancer mutations identified 11 targets of approved drugs, 7 targets of investigational drugs, and 62 targets of compounds that may be active and should be considered candidates for future clinical trials.
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- David C Wedge
- Oxford Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.
- Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- Department of Urology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- Uro-Oncology Research Group, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- Oxford Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics Group, University College London, London, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- Cancer Genomics, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Uro-Oncology Research Group, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK
- Early Detection Programme, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Oxford Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- Cancer Genomics, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Molecular Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Uro-Oncology Research Group, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Centre for Molecular Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics Group, University College London, London, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics Group, University College London, London, UK
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- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Statistics and Computational Biology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China
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- Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Statistics and Computational Biology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Department of Urology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Urology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK
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- Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, BioMediTech, University of Tampere and Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- cBio Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
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- Statistics and Computational Biology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK
- School of Mathematics and Statistics/School of Medicine, University of St. Andrews, Fife, UK
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- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, BioMediTech, University of Tampere and Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
- Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK
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- Uro-Oncology Research Group, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London and Sutton, UK.
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Kornberg Z, Chou J, Feng FY, Ryan CJ. Prostate cancer in the era of "Omic" medicine: recognizing the importance of DNA damage repair pathways. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2018; 6:161. [PMID: 29911109 PMCID: PMC5985268 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2018.05.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Data from recent high-throughput studies analyzing local and advanced prostate cancer have revealed an incredible amount of biological diversity, which has led to the classification of distinct molecular tumor subtypes. While integrating prostate cancer genomics with clinical medicine is still at its infancy, new approaches to treat prostate cancer are well underway and being studied. With the recognition that DNA damage repair (DDR) mutations play an important role in the pathogenesis of this disease, clinicians can begin to utilize genomic information in complex treatment decisions for prostate cancer patients. In this Review, we discuss the role of DDR mutations in prostate cancer, including deficiencies in homologous repair and mismatch repair (MMR), and how this information is revolutionizing the treatment landscape. In addition, we highlight the potential resistance mechanisms that may result as we begin to target these pathways in isolation and discuss potential combinatorial approaches that may delay or overcome resistance.
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- Zachary Kornberg
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Feiersinger GE, Trattnig K, Leitner PD, Guggenberger F, Oberhuber A, Peer S, Hermann M, Skvortsova I, Vrbkova J, Bouchal J, Culig Z, Santer FR. Olaparib is effective in combination with, and as maintenance therapy after, first-line endocrine therapy in prostate cancer cells. Mol Oncol 2018; 12:561-576. [PMID: 29465803 PMCID: PMC5891051 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
A number of prostate cancer (PCa)‐specific genomic aberrations (denominated BRCAness genes) have been discovered implicating sensitivity to PARP inhibition within the concept of synthetic lethality. Recent clinical studies show favorable results for the PARP inhibitor olaparib used as single agent for treatment of metastatic castration‐resistant PCa. Using 2D and 3D cell culture models mimicking the different treatment and progression stages of PCa, we evaluated a potential use for olaparib in combination with first‐line endocrine treatments, androgen deprivation, and complete androgen blockade, and as a maintenance therapy following on from endocrine therapy. We demonstrate that the LNCaP cell line, possessing multiple aberrations in BRCAness genes, is sensitive to olaparib. Additive effects of olaparib combined with endocrine treatments in LNCaP are noted. In contrast, we find that the TMPRSS2:ERG fusion‐positive cell lines VCaP and DuCaP do not show signs of synthetic lethality, but are sensitive to cytotoxic effects caused by olaparib. In consequence, additive effects of olaparib with endocrine therapy were not observable in these cell lines, showing the need for synthetic lethality in combination treatment regimens. Additionally, we show that PCa cells remain sensitive to olaparib treatment after initial androgen deprivation implicating a possible use of olaparib as maintenance therapy. In sum, our preclinical data recommend olaparib as a synthetic lethal treatment option in combination or sequenced to first‐line endocrine therapy for PCa patients with diagnosed BRCAness.
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- Gertrud E Feiersinger
- Division of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Division of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
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Li J, Li H, Zhan D, Xiang M, Yang J, Zuo Y, Yu Y, Zhou H, Jiang D, Luo H, Chen Z, Yu Z, Xu Z. Niclosamide sensitizes nasopharyngeal carcinoma to radiation by downregulating Ku70/80 expression. J Cancer 2018; 9:736-744. [PMID: 29556331 PMCID: PMC5858495 DOI: 10.7150/jca.20963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether niclosamide could sensitize the nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells to radiation and further explore the underlying mechanisms. CCK-8 assay was used to determine the effect of niclosamide on the proliferation of NPC cells. Colony formation assay was used to evaluate the radiosensitizing effect of niclosamide on NPC cells. Flow cytometry analysis was used to determine the apoptosis of NPC cells induced by niclosamide. Immunofluorescent staining was used to detect the formation of γ-H2AX foci and the localization of Ku70/80 proteins in NPC cells. Real-time PCR quantification analysis was used to examine the level of Ku70/80 mRNA. DNA damage repair-related proteins were detected by western blot analysis. Our results showed that niclosamide markedly suppressed the proliferation of NPC cells. Niclosamide pretreatment followed by irradiation reduced the colony forming ability of NPC cells. Niclosamide in combination with irradiation significantly increased the apoptotic rate of NPC cells. Niclosamide significantly reduced the transcriptional level of K70/80 but not the translocation of Ku70/80 protein induced by irradiation. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that niclosamide could inhibit the growth of NPC cells and sensitize the NPC cells to radiation via suppressing the transcription of Ku70/80.
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- Jingjing Li
- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Cancer Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524000, Guangdong Province, China
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Shenoy TR, Boysen G, Wang MY, Xu QZ, Guo W, Koh FM, Wang C, Zhang LZ, Wang Y, Gil V, Aziz S, Christova R, Rodrigues DN, Crespo M, Rescigno P, Tunariu N, Riisnaes R, Zafeiriou Z, Flohr P, Yuan W, Knight E, Swain A, Ramalho-Santos M, Xu DY, de Bono J, Wu H. CHD1 loss sensitizes prostate cancer to DNA damaging therapy by promoting error-prone double-strand break repair. Ann Oncol 2018; 28:1495-1507. [PMID: 28383660 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Deletion of the chromatin remodeler chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 1 (CHD1) is a common genomic alteration found in human prostate cancers (PCas). CHD1 loss represents a distinct PCa subtype characterized by SPOP mutation and higher genomic instability. However, the role of CHD1 in PCa development in vivo and its clinical utility remain unclear. Patients and methods To study the role of CHD1 in PCa development and its loss in clinical management, we generated a genetically engineered mouse model with prostate-specific deletion of murine Chd1 as well as isogenic CHD1 wild-type and homozygous deleted human benign and PCa lines. We also developed patient-derived organoid cultures and screened patients with metastatic PCa for CHD1 loss. Results We demonstrate that CHD1 loss sensitizes cells to DNA damage and causes a synthetic lethal response to DNA damaging therapy in vitro, in vivo, ex vivo, in patient-derived organoid cultures and in a patient with metastatic PCa. Mechanistically, CHD1 regulates 53BP1 stability and CHD1 loss leads to decreased error-free homologous recombination (HR) repair, which is compensated by increased error-prone non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair for DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair. Conclusions Our study provides the first in vivo and in patient evidence supporting the role of CHD1 in DSB repair and in response to DNA damaging therapy. We uncover mechanistic insights that CHD1 modulates the choice between HR and NHEJ DSB repair and suggest that CHD1 loss may contribute to the genomic instability seen in this subset of PCas.
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- T R Shenoy
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group and Drug Development Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research and Center for Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group and Drug Development Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group and Drug Development Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group and Drug Development Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group and Drug Development Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group and Drug Development Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group and Drug Development Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group and Drug Development Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research and Center for Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.,Prostate Cancer Targeted Therapy Group and Drug Development Unit, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.,The MOE Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Differentiation, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Dong J, Park SY, Nguyen N, Ezhilarasan R, Martinez-Ledesma E, Wu S, Henry V, Piao Y, Tiao N, Brunell D, Stephan C, Verhaak R, Sulman E, Balasubramaniyan V, de Groot JF. The polo-like kinase 1 inhibitor volasertib synergistically increases radiation efficacy in glioma stem cells. Oncotarget 2018. [PMID: 29535822 PMCID: PMC5828226 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Despite the availability of hundreds of cancer drugs, there is insufficient data on the efficacy of these drugs on the extremely heterogeneous tumor cell populations of glioblastoma (GBM). Results The PKIS of 357 compounds was initially evaluated in 15 different GSC lines which then led to a more focused screening of the 21 most highly active compounds in 11 unique GSC lines using HTS screening for cell viability. We further validated the HTS result with the second-generation PLK1 inhibitor volasertib as a single agent and in combination with ionizing radiation (IR). In vitro studies showed that volasertib inhibited cell viability, and high levels of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-xL expression were highly correlated with volasertib resistance. Volasertib sensitized GSCs to radiation therapy by enhancing G2/M arrest and by inducing apoptosis. Colony-formation assay demonstrated that volasertib plus IR synergistically inhibited colony formation. In intracranial xenograft mouse models, the combination of volasertib and radiation significantly inhibited GSC tumor growth and prolonged median survival compared with radiation treatment alone due to inhibition of cell proliferation, enhancement of DNA damage, and induction of apoptosis. Conclusions Our results reinforce the potential therapeutic efficacy of volasertib in combination with radiation for the treatment of GBM. Methods We used high-throughput screening (HTS) to identify drugs, out of 357 compounds in the published Protein Kinase Inhibitor Set, with the greatest efficacy against a panel of glioma stem cells (GSCs), which are representative of the classic cancer genome atlas (TCGA) molecular subtypes.
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- Jianwen Dong
- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center at Houston, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center at Houston, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center at Houston, Center for Translational Cancer Research, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Genomic Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.,The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Kothari G, Loblaw A, Tree AC, van As NJ, Moghanaki D, Lo SS, Ost P, Siva S. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Primary Prostate Cancer. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2018; 17:1533033818789633. [PMID: 30064301 PMCID: PMC6069023 DOI: 10.1177/1533033818789633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Prostate cancer is the most common non-cutaneous cancer in males. There are a number of options for patients with localized early stage disease, including active surveillance for low-risk disease, surgery, brachytherapy, and external beam radiotherapy. Increasingly, external beam radiotherapy, in the form of dose-escalated and moderately hypofractionated regimens, is being utilized in prostate cancer, with randomized evidence to support their use. Stereotactic body radiotherapy, which is a form of extreme hypofractionation, delivered with high precision and conformality typically over 1 to 5 fractions, offers a more contemporary approach with several advantages including being non-invasive, cost-effective, convenient for patients, and potentially improving patient access. In fact, one study has estimated that if half of the patients currently eligible for conventional fractionated radiotherapy in the United States were treated instead with stereotactic body radiotherapy, this would result in a total cost savings of US$250 million per year. There is also a strong radiobiological rationale to support its use, with prostate cancer believed to have a low α/β ratio and therefore being preferentially sensitive to larger fraction sizes. To date, there are no published randomized trials reporting on the comparative efficacy of stereotactic body radiotherapy compared to alternative treatment modalities, although multiple randomized trials are currently accruing. Yet, early results from the randomized phase III study of HYPOfractionated RadioTherapy of intermediate risk localized Prostate Cancer (HYPO-RT-PC) trial, as well as multiple single-arm phase I/II trials, indicate low rates of late adverse effects with this approach. In patients with low- to intermediate-risk disease, excellent biochemical relapse-free survival outcomes have been reported, albeit with relatively short median follow-up times. These promising early results, coupled with the enormous potential cost savings and implications for resource availability, suggest that stereotactic body radiotherapy will take center stage in the treatment of prostate cancer in the years to come.
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- Gargi Kothari
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Odette Cancer Center, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Hussain M, Daignault-Newton S, Twardowski PW, Albany C, Stein MN, Kunju LP, Siddiqui J, Wu YM, Robinson D, Lonigro RJ, Cao X, Tomlins SA, Mehra R, Cooney KA, Montgomery B, Antonarakis ES, Shevrin DH, Corn PG, Whang YE, Smith DC, Caram MV, Knudsen KE, Stadler WM, Feng FY, Chinnaiyan AM. Targeting Androgen Receptor and DNA Repair in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Results From NCI 9012. J Clin Oncol 2017; 36:991-999. [PMID: 29261439 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.75.7310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Purpose To determine whether cotargeting poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 plus androgen receptor is superior to androgen receptor inhibition in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and whether ETS fusions predict response. Patients and Methods Patients underwent metastatic site biopsy and were stratified by ETS status and randomly assigned to abiraterone plus prednisone without (arm A) or with veliparib (arm B). Primary objectives were: confirmed prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response rate (RR) and whether ETS fusions predicted response. Secondary objectives were: safety, measurable disease RR (mRR), progression-free survival (PFS), and molecular biomarker analysis. A total of 148 patients were randomly assigned to detect a 20% PSA RR improvement. Results A total of 148 patients with mCRPC were randomly assigned: arm A, n = 72; arm B, n = 76. There were no differences in PSA RR (63.9% v 72.4%; P = .27), mRR (45.0% v 52.2%; P = .51), or median PFS (10.1 v 11 months; P = .99). ETS fusions did not predict response. Exploratory analysis of tumor sequencing (80 patients) revealed: 41 patients (51%) were ETS positive, 20 (25%) had DNA-damage repair defect (DRD), 41 (51%) had AR amplification or copy gain, 34 (43%) had PTEN mutation, 33 (41%) had TP53 mutation, 39 (49%) had PIK3CA pathway activation, and 12 (15%) had WNT pathway alteration. Patients with DRD had significantly higher PSA RR (90% v 56.7%; P = .007) and mRR (87.5% v 38.6%; P = .001), PSA decline ≥ 90% (75% v 25%; P = .001), and longer median PFS (14.5 v 8.1 months; P = .025) versus those with wild-type tumors. Median PFS was longer in patients with normal PTEN (13.5 v 6.7 months; P = .02), TP53 (13.5 v 7.7 months; P = .01), and PIK3CA (13.8 v 8.3 months; P = .03) versus those with mutation or activation. In multivariable analysis adjusting for clinical covariates, DRD association with PFS remained significant. Conclusion Veliparib and ETS status did not affect response. Exploratory analysis identified a novel DRD association with mCRPC outcomes.
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- Maha Hussain
- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Maha Hussain, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University; Walter M. Stadler, University of Chicago, Chicago; Daniel H. Shevrin, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL; Maha Hussain, Stephanie Daignault-Newton, Lakshmi P. Kunju, Javed Siddiqui, Yi-Mi Wu, Dan Robinson, Robert J. Lonigro, Xuhong Cao, Scott A. Tomlins, Rohit Mehra, David C. Smith, Megan V. Caram, and Arul M. Chinnaiyan, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI; Przemyslaw W. Twardowski, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte; Felix Y. Feng, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Costantine Albany, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN; Mark N. Stein, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ; Kathleen A. Cooney, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; Bruce Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Emmanuel S. Antonarakis, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD; Paul G. Corn, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Young E. Whang, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and Karen E. Knudsen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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Zang Y, Pascal LE, Zhou Y, Qiu X, Wei L, Ai J, Nelson JB, Zhong M, Xue B, Wang S, Yang D, Lan L, Shan Y, Wang Z. ELL2 regulates DNA non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair in prostate cancer cells. Cancer Lett 2017; 415:198-207. [PMID: 29179998 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2017.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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ELL2 is an androgen-responsive gene that is expressed by prostate epithelial cells and is frequently down-regulated in prostate cancer. Deletion of Ell2 in the murine prostate induced murine prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and ELL2 knockdown enhanced proliferation and migration in C4-2 prostate cancer cells. Here, knockdown of ELL2 sensitized prostate cancer cells to DNA damage and overexpression of ELL2 protected prostate cancer cells from DNA damage. Knockdown of ELL2 impaired non-homologous end joining repair but not homologous recombination repair. Transfected ELL2 co-immunoprecipitated with both Ku70 and Ku80 proteins. ELL2 could bind to and co-accumulate with Ku70/Ku80 proteins at sites of DNA damage. Knockdown of ELL2 dramatically inhibited Ku70 and Ku80 recruitment and retention at DNA double-strand break sites in prostate cancer cells. The impaired recruitment of Ku70 and Ku80 proteins to DNA damage sites upon ELL2 knockdown was rescued by re-expression of an ELL2 transgene insensitive to siELL2. This study suggests that ELL2 is required for efficient NHEJ repair via Ku70/Ku80 in prostate cancer cells.
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- Yachen Zang
- Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
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- Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China; Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 5117 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA; University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 5117 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
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- Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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- Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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- Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 5117 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Department of Urology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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- Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA; University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 5117 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15216, USA.
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A Prostate Cancer “ Nimbosus ”: Genomic Instability and SChLAP1 Dysregulation Underpin Aggression of Intraductal and Cribriform Subpathologies. Eur Urol 2017; 72:665-674. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2017.04.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Keam SP, Caramia F, Gamell C, Paul PJ, Arnau GM, Neeson PJ, Williams SG, Haupt Y. The Transcriptional Landscape of Radiation-Treated Human Prostate Cancer: Analysis of a Prospective Tissue Cohort. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2017; 100:188-198. [PMID: 29102647 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2017.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The resistance of prostate cancer to radiation therapy (RT) is a significant clinical issue and still largely unable to be guided by patient-specific molecular characteristics. The present study describes the gene expression changes induced in response to RT in human prostate tissue obtained from a prospective tissue acquisition study designed for radiobiology research. METHODS AND MATERIALS A prospective cohort of 5 men with intermediate-risk and clinically localized tumors were treated with high-dose-rate brachytherapy with 2 × 10-Gy fractions. Image-guided transperineal biopsy specimens were taken immediately before and 14 days after the first high-dose-rate brachytherapy fraction. Using genome-wide 3' RNA sequencing on total RNA extracted from 10 biopsy specimens, we obtained quantitative expression data for a median of 13,244 genes. We computed the fold-change information for each gene and extracted high-confidence lists of transcripts with either increased or decreased expression (≥1.5-fold) after radiation in ≥4 of the 5 patients. Several gene ontology analyses were then used to identify functionally enriched pathways. RESULTS The predominant change in response to RT was elevation of the transcript levels, including that of DNA damage binding protein 2 and p21, and collagens, laminins, and integrins. We observed strong upregulation of the p53 pathway, without observable dysregulation of p53 itself. Interstitial remodeling, extracellular matrix proteins, and focal adhesion pathways were also strongly upregulated, as was inflammation. Functional network analysis showed clustering of the changes inherent in apoptosis and programmed cell death, extracellular matrix organization, and immune regulation. CONCLUSIONS In the present prospective study of matched clinical tissues, we successfully recognized known radiation-sensitive transcriptional pathways and identified numerous other novel and significantly altered genes with no current association with RT. These data could be informative in the development of future personalized therapeutic agents.
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- Simon P Keam
- Tumor Suppression Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Tumor Suppression Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Tumor Suppression Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Tumor Suppression Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Molecular Genomics Facility, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Cancer Immunology Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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- Tumor Suppression Laboratory, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Asim M, Tarish F, Zecchini HI, Sanjiv K, Gelali E, Massie CE, Baridi A, Warren AY, Zhao W, Ogris C, McDuffus LA, Mascalchi P, Shaw G, Dev H, Wadhwa K, Wijnhoven P, Forment JV, Lyons SR, Lynch AG, O'Neill C, Zecchini VR, Rennie PS, Baniahmad A, Tavaré S, Mills IG, Galanty Y, Crosetto N, Schultz N, Neal D, Helleday T. Synthetic lethality between androgen receptor signalling and the PARP pathway in prostate cancer. Nat Commun 2017; 8:374. [PMID: 28851861 PMCID: PMC5575038 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00393-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Emerging data demonstrate homologous recombination (HR) defects in castration-resistant prostate cancers, rendering these tumours sensitive to PARP inhibition. Here we demonstrate a direct requirement for the androgen receptor (AR) to maintain HR gene expression and HR activity in prostate cancer. We show that PARP-mediated repair pathways are upregulated in prostate cancer following androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT). Furthermore, upregulation of PARP activity is essential for the survival of prostate cancer cells and we demonstrate a synthetic lethality between ADT and PARP inhibition in vivo. Our data suggest that ADT can functionally impair HR prior to the development of castration resistance and that, this potentially could be exploited therapeutically using PARP inhibitors in combination with androgen-deprivation therapy upfront in advanced or high-risk prostate cancer.Tumours with homologous recombination (HR) defects become sensitive to PARPi. Here, the authors show that androgen receptor (AR) regulates HR and AR inhibition activates the PARP pathway in vivo, thus inhibition of both AR and PARP is required for effective treatment of high risk prostate cancer.
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- Mohammad Asim
- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.
- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7WG, UK.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Urology, Central Hospital, 721 89, Västerås, Sweden
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Addenbrooke's Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Addenbrooke's Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- The Vancouver Prostate Centre, Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6H 3Z6
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Jena University Hospital, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, Nordic European Molecular Biology Laboratory Partnership, University of Oslo, 0318, Oslo, Norway
- Prostate Cancer UK/Movember Centre of Excellence, Queen's University, Belfast, BT9 7AE, UK
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- The Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cancer Research UK Institute, University of Cambridge, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.
- Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 21, Stockholm, Sweden.
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