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ArticleGynecologic oncology2014

Suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) enhances olaparib activity by targeting homologous recombination DNA repair in ovarian cancer.

Panagiotis A Konstantinopoulos, Andrew J Wilson, Jeanette Saskowski, Erica Wass, Dineo Khabele

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Article in Gynecologic oncology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Panagiotis A KonstantinopoulosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Medical Gynecologic Oncology Program, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Andrew J WilsonDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Jeanette SaskowskiDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Erica WassDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Dineo KhabeleDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: dineo.khabele@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USVanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Funding

Targeting Histone Deacetylases with Small Moleule Inhibitors in Ovarian CancerK08CA148887 · NCI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI KHABELE, DINEO · 2010 to 2014
$795k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA148887
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesApproximately 50% of serous epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC) contain molecular defects in homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair pathways. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) have efficacy in HR-deficient, but not in HR-proficient, EOC tumors as a single agent. Our goal was to determine whether the histone deacetylase inhibitor, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA), can sensitize HR-proficient ovarian cancer cells to the PARPi AZD-2281 (olaparib).

methodsOvarian cancer cell lines (SKOV-3, OVCAR-8, NCI/ADR-Res, UWB1.289 BRCA1null and UWB1.289+BRCA1 wild-type) were treated with saline vehicle, olaparib, SAHA or olaparib/SAHA. Sulforhodamine B (SRB) assessed cytotoxicity and immunofluorescence and Western blot assays assessed markers of apoptosis (cleaved PARP) and DNA damage (pH2AX and RAD51). Drug effects were also tested in SKOV-3 xenografts in Nude mice. Affymetrix microarray experiments were performed in vehicle and SAHA-treated SKOV-3 cells.

resultsIn a microarray analysis, SAHA induced coordinated down-regulation of HR pathway genes, including RAD51 and BRCA1. Nuclear co-expression of RAD51 and pH2AX, a marker of efficient HR repair, was reduced approximately 40% by SAHA treatment alone and combined with olaparib. SAHA combined with olaparib induced apoptosis and pH2AX expression to a greater extent than either drug alone. Olaparib reduced cell viability at increasing concentrations and SAHA enhanced these effects in 4 of 5 cell lines, including BRCA1 null and wild-type cells, in vitro and in SKOV-3 xenografts in vivo.

conclusionsThese results provide preclinical rationale for targeting DNA damage response pathways by combining small molecule PARPi with HDACi as a mechanism for reducing HR efficiency in ovarian cancer.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDNA DamageDNA, NeoplasmDown-RegulationDrug Resistance, NeoplasmDrug SynergismFemaleHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHumansHydroxamic AcidsMiceAntineoplastic AgentsDNA, NeoplasmHistone Deacetylase InhibitorsHydroxamic AcidsolaparibPhthalazinesPiperazinesVorinostatHistone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi)Olaparib (Ola)Ovarian cancerPhosphorylated gamma histone H2AX (pH2AX)Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi)Vorinostat (SAHA)

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PMID24631446
PMCPMC4347923
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