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Targeting BRCA1-BER deficient breast cancer by ATM or DNA-PKcs blockade either alone or in combination with cisplatin for personalized therapy

Albarakati, Nada; Abdel-Fatah, Tarek M.A.; Doherty, Rachel; Russell, Roslin; Agarwal, Devika; Moseley, Paul; Perry, Christina; Arora, Arvind; Alsubhi, Nouf; Seedhouse, Claire; Rakha, Emad A.; Green, Andrew; Ball, Graham; Chan, Stephen; Caldas, Carlos; Ellis, Ian O.; Madhusudan, Srinivasan

Authors

Nada Albarakati

Tarek M.A. Abdel-Fatah

Rachel Doherty

Roslin Russell

Devika Agarwal

Paul Moseley

Christina Perry

Arvind Arora

Nouf Alsubhi

EMAD RAKHA Emad.Rakha@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Breast Cancer Pathology

Graham Ball

Stephen Chan

Carlos Caldas



Abstract

BRCA1, a key factor in homologous recombination (HR) repair may also regulate base excision repair (BER). Targeting BRCA1?BER deficient cells by blockade of ATM and DNA?PKcs could be a promising strategy in breast cancer. We investigated BRCA1, XRCC1 and pol ? protein expression in two cohorts (n = 1602 sporadic and n = 50 germ?line BRCA1 mutated) and mRNA expression in two cohorts (n = 1952 and n = 249). Artificial neural network analysis for BRCA1?DNA repair interacting genes was conducted in 249 tumours. Pre?clinically, BRCA1 proficient and deficient cells were DNA repair expression profiled and evaluated for synthetic lethality using ATM and DNA?PKcs inhibitors either alone or in combination with cisplatin. In human tumours, BRCA1 negativity was strongly associated with low XRCC1, and low pol ? at mRNA and protein levels (p < 0.0001). In patients with BRCA1 negative tumours, low XRCC1 or low pol ? expression was significantly associated with poor survival in univariate and multivariate analysis compared to high XRCC1 or high pol ? expressing BRCA1 negative tumours (ps < 0.05). Pre?clinically, BRCA1 negative cancer cells exhibit low mRNA and low protein expression of XRCC1 and pol ?. BRCA1?BER deficient cells were sensitive to ATM and DNA?PKcs inhibitor treatment either alone or in combination with cisplatin and synthetic lethality was evidenced by DNA double strand breaks accumulation, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. We conclude that XRCC1 and pol ? expression status in BRCA1 negative tumours may have prognostic significance. BRCA1?BER deficient cells could be targeted by ATM or DNA?PKcs inhibitors for personalized therapy.

Citation

Albarakati, N., Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Doherty, R., Russell, R., Agarwal, D., Moseley, P., …Madhusudan, S. (2015). Targeting BRCA1-BER deficient breast cancer by ATM or DNA-PKcs blockade either alone or in combination with cisplatin for personalized therapy. Molecular Oncology, 9(1), 204-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.08.001

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 11, 2014
Online Publication Date Aug 27, 2014
Publication Date 2015-01
Deposit Date Oct 18, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Molecular Oncology
Print ISSN 1574-7891
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 1
Pages 204-217
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.08.001
Keywords Molecular Medicine; Genetics; Cancer Research; General Medicine
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1173708
Publisher URL https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.08.001
Additional Information This article is maintained by: Elsevier; Article Title: Targeting BRCA1-BER deficient breast cancer by ATM or DNA-PKcs blockade either alone or in combination with cisplatin for personalized therapy; Journal Title: Molecular Oncology; CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molonc.2014.08.001; Content Type: article; Copyright: Copyright © 2014 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.