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Selective Loss of PARG Restores PARylation and Counteracts PARP Inhibitor-Mediated Synthetic Lethality

  • Ewa Gogola
  • , Alexandra A. Duarte
  • , Julian R. de Ruiter
  • , Wouter W. Wiegant
  • , Jonas A. Schmid
  • , Roebi de Bruijn
  • , Dominic I. James
  • , Sergi Guerrero Llobet
  • , Daniel J. Vis
  • , Stefano Annunziato
  • , Bram van den Broek
  • , Marco Barazas
  • , Ariena Kersbergen
  • , Marieke van de Ven
  • , Madalena Tarsounas
  • , Donald J. Ogilvie
  • , Marcel van Vugt
  • , Lodewyk F. A. Wessels
  • , Jirina Bartkova
  • , Irina Gromova
  • Miguel Andujar-Sanchez, Jiri Bartek, Massimo Lopes, Haico van Attikum, Piet Borst, Jos Jonkers, Sven Rottenberg

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    Abstract

    Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) polymerase (PARPi) have recently entered the clinic for the treatment of homologous recombination (HR)-deficient cancers. Despite the success of this approach, drug resistance is a clinical hurdle, and we poorly understand how cancer cells escape the deadly effects of PARPi without restoring the HR pathway. By combining genetic screens with multi-omics analysis of matched PARPi-sensitive and -resistant Brca2-mutated mouse mammary tumors, we identified loss of PAR glycohydrolase (PARG) as a major resistance mechanism. We also found the presence of PARG-negative clones in a subset of human serous ovarian and triple-negative breast cancers. PARG depletion restores PAR formation and partially rescues PARP1 signaling. Importantly, PARG inactivation exposes vulnerabilities that can be exploited therapeutically.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1078-1093e12
    Number of pages28
    JournalCancer cell
    Volume33
    Issue number6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11-Jun-2018

    Keywords

    • DNA-DAMAGE-RESPONSE
    • REPLICATION FORK REVERSAL
    • CONDITIONAL MOUSE MODEL
    • POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASE
    • DEFICIENT CELLS
    • MAMMARY-TUMORS
    • BREAST-CANCER
    • HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION
    • COMBINATION THERAPY
    • REPAIR

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