Synthetic viability by BRCA2 and PARP1/ARTD1 deficiencies

Xia Ding, Arnab Ray Chaudhuri, Elsa Callen, Yan Pang, Kajal Biswas, Kimberly D. Klarmann, Betty K. Martin, Sandra Burkett, Linda Cleveland, Stacey Stauffer, Teresa Sullivan, Aashish Dewan, Hanna Marks, Anthony T. Tubbs, Nancy Wong, Eugen Buehler, Keiko Akagi, Scott E. Martin, Jonathan R. Keller, André NussenzweigShyam K. Sharan

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Abstract

Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor (PARPi) olaparib has been approved for treatment of advanced ovarian cancer associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations. BRCA1- and BRCA2-mutated cells, which are homologous recombination (HR) deficient, are hypersensitive to PARPi through the mechanism of synthetic lethality. Here we examine the effect of PARPi on HR-proficient cells. Olaparib pretreatment, PARP1 knockdown or Parp1 heterozygosity of Brca2 cko/ko mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), carrying a null (ko) and a conditional (cko) allele of Brca2, results in viable Brca2 ko/ko cells. PARP1 deficiency does not restore HR in Brca2 ko/ko cells, but protects stalled replication forks from MRE11-mediated degradation through its impaired recruitment. The functional consequence of Parp1 heterozygosity on BRCA2 loss is demonstrated by a significant increase in tumorigenesis in Brca2 cko/cko mice. Thus, while olaparib efficiently kills BRCA2-deficient cells, we demonstrate that it can also contribute to the synthetic viability if PARP is inhibited before BRCA2 loss.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number12425
JournalNature communications
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 8 2016
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Physics and Astronomy

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