Olaparib-mediated enhancement of 5-fluorouracil cytotoxicity in mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer cells

BACKGROUND: The advances in colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment include the identification of deficiencies in Mismatch Repair (MMR) pathway to predict the benefit of adjuvant 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and oxaliplatin for stage II CRC and immunotherapy. Defective MMR contributes to chemoresistance in CRC. A growing body of evidence supports the role of Poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, such as Olaparib, in the treatment of different subsets of cancer beyond the tumors with homologous recombination deficiencies. In this work we evaluated the effect of Olaparib on 5-FU cytotoxicity in MMR-deficient and proficient CRC cells and the mechanisms involved.

METHODS: Human colon cancer cell lines, proficient (HT29) and deficient (HCT116) in MMR, were treated with 5-FU and Olaparib. Cytotoxicity was assessed by MTT and clonogenic assays, apoptosis induction and cell cycle progression by flow cytometry, DNA damage by comet assay. Adhesion and transwell migration assays were also performed.

RESULTS: Our results showed enhancement of the 5-FU citotoxicity by Olaparib in MMR-deficient HCT116 colon cancer cells. Moreover, the combined treatment with Olaparib and 5-FU induced G2/M arrest, apoptosis and polyploidy in these cells. In MMR proficient HT29 cells, the Olaparib alone reduced clonogenic survival, induced DNA damage accumulation and decreased the adhesion and migration capacities.

CONCLUSION: Our results suggest benefits of Olaparib inclusion in CRC treatment, as combination with 5-FU for MMR deficient CRC and as monotherapy for MMR proficient CRC. Thus, combined therapy with Olaparib could be a strategy to overcome 5-FU chemotherapeutic resistance in MMR-deficient CRC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

BMC cancer - 21(2021), 1 vom: 22. Apr., Seite 448

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

de Castro E Gloria, Helena [VerfasserIn]
Jesuíno Nogueira, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Bencke Grudzinski, Patrícia [VerfasserIn]
da Costa Ghignatti, Paola Victória [VerfasserIn]
Guecheva, Temenouga Nikolova [VerfasserIn]
Motta Leguisamo, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Saffi, Jenifer [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5-fluorouracil
Antineoplastic Agents
Colorectal cancer
Fluorouracil
Journal Article
Mismatch repair
Olaparib
PARP
Phthalazines
Piperazines
U3P01618RT
WOH1JD9AR8

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Date Completed 03.05.2021

Date Revised 03.05.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12885-021-08188-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32442034X