Exploring the Frequency of Homologous Recombination DNA Repair Dysfunction in Multiple Cancer Types

Dysfunctional homologous recombination DNA repair (HRR), frequently due to BRCA mutations, is a determinant of sensitivity to platinum chemotherapy and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi). In cultures of ovarian cancer cells, we have previously shown that HRR function, based upon RAD51 foci quantification, correlated with growth inhibition ex vivo induced by rucaparib (a PARPi) and 12-month survival following platinum chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of measuring HRR dysfunction (HRD) in other tumours, in order to estimate the frequency and hence wider potential of PARPi. A total of 24 cultures were established from ascites sampled from 27 patients with colorectal, upper gastrointestinal, pancreatic, hepatobiliary, breast, mesothelioma, and non-epithelial ovarian cancers; 8 were HRD. Cell growth following continuous exposure to 10 μM of rucaparib was lower in HRD cultures compared to HRR-competent (HRC) cultures. Overall survival in the 10 patients who received platinum-based therapy was marginally higher in the 3 with HRD ascites (median overall survival of 17 months, range 10 to 90) compared to the 7 patients with HRC ascites (nine months, range 1 to 55). HRR functional assessment in primary cultures, from several tumour types, revealed that a third are HRD, justifying the further exploration of PARPi therapy in a broader range of tumours.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Cancers - 11(2019), 3 vom: 13. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gentles, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Goranov, Bojidar [VerfasserIn]
Matheson, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Herriott, Ashleigh [VerfasserIn]
Kaufmann, Angelika [VerfasserIn]
Hall, Sally [VerfasserIn]
Mukhopadhyay, Asima [VerfasserIn]
Drew, Yvette [VerfasserIn]
Curtin, Nicola J [VerfasserIn]
O'Donnell, Rachel L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Functional biomarker assay
Homologous recombination DNA repair
Journal Article
Platinum-based chemotherapy
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi), primary culture
Precision medicine

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cancers11030354

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM294942718