Candidate synthetic lethality partners to PARP inhibitors in the treatment of ovarian clear cell cancer (Review)

  • Authors:
    • Naoki Kawahara
    • Kenji Ogawa
    • Mika Nagayasu
    • Mai Kimura
    • Yoshikazu Sasaki
    • Hiroshi Kobayashi
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  • Published online on: September 27, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2017.990
  • Pages: 391-399
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Abstract

Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) are new types of personalized treatment of relapsed platinum‑sensitive ovarian cancer harboring BRCA1/2 mutations. Ovarian clear cell cancer (CCC), a subset of ovarian cancer, often appears as low-stage disease with a higher incidence among Japanese. Advanced CCC is highly aggressive with poor patient outcome. The aim of the present study was to determine the potential synthetic lethality gene pairs for PARP inhibitions in patients with CCC through virtual and biological screenings as well as clinical studies. We conducted a literature review for putative PARP sensitivity genes that are associated with the CCC pathophysiology. Previous studies identified a variety of putative target genes from several pathways associated with DNA damage repair, chromatin remodeling complex, PI3K‑AKT-mTOR signaling, Notch signaling, cell cycle checkpoint signaling, BRCA-associated complex and Fanconi's anemia susceptibility genes that could be used as biomarkers or therapeutic targets for PARP inhibition. BRCA1/2, ATM, ATR, BARD1, CCNE1, CHEK1, CKS1B, DNMT1, ERBB2, FGFR2, MRE11A, MYC, NOTCH1 and PTEN were considered as candidate genes for synthetic lethality gene partners for PARP interactions. When considering the biological background underlying PARP inhibition, we hypothesized that PARP inhibitors would be a novel synthetic lethal therapeutic approach for CCC tumors harboring homologous recombination deficiency and activating oncogene mutations. The results showed that the majority of CCC tumors appear to have indicators of DNA repair dysfunction similar to those in BRCA-mutation carriers, suggesting the possible utility of PARP inhibitors in a subset of CCC.
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Kawahara N, Ogawa K, Nagayasu M, Kimura M, Sasaki Y and Kobayashi H: Candidate synthetic lethality partners to PARP inhibitors in the treatment of ovarian clear cell cancer (Review). Biomed Rep 7: 391-399, 2017
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Kawahara, N., Ogawa, K., Nagayasu, M., Kimura, M., Sasaki, Y., & Kobayashi, H. (2017). Candidate synthetic lethality partners to PARP inhibitors in the treatment of ovarian clear cell cancer (Review). Biomedical Reports, 7, 391-399. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2017.990
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Kawahara, N., Ogawa, K., Nagayasu, M., Kimura, M., Sasaki, Y., Kobayashi, H."Candidate synthetic lethality partners to PARP inhibitors in the treatment of ovarian clear cell cancer (Review)". Biomedical Reports 7.5 (2017): 391-399.
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Kawahara, N., Ogawa, K., Nagayasu, M., Kimura, M., Sasaki, Y., Kobayashi, H."Candidate synthetic lethality partners to PARP inhibitors in the treatment of ovarian clear cell cancer (Review)". Biomedical Reports 7, no. 5 (2017): 391-399. https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2017.990