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ArticleMolecular carcinogenesis2019

Activation of Wnt signaling promotes olaparib resistant ovarian cancer.

Tomomi M Yamamoto, Alexandra McMellen, Zachary L Watson, Jennifer Aguilera, Rebecca Ferguson, Elmar Nurmemmedov, Tanay Thakar, George-Lucian Moldovan, Hyunmin Kim, Diana M Cittelly and 6 more

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Article in Molecular carcinogenesis, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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69citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

69 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Tomomi M YamamotoDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Alexandra McMellenCancer Biology Graduate Program, The University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
Zachary L WatsonDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Jennifer AguileraDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Rebecca FergusonDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Elmar NurmemmedovJohn Wayne Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California.
Tanay ThakarDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
George-Lucian MoldovanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0003-3825-149X
Hyunmin KimDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Translational Bioinformatics and Cancer Systems Biology Laboratory, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
Diana M CittellyDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Annette M JoglarDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Elyse P BrenneckeDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Heidi WilsonDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.
Kian BehbakhtDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.ORCID 0000-0003-4793-9958
Matthew J SikoraDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.ORCID 0000-0003-2915-7442
Benjamin G BitlerDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado.ORCID 0000-0002-5809-5271
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USPennsylvania State University · USUniversity of Colorado Cancer Center · USSaint John's Health Center · US

Funding

University of Colorado Cancer Center Support Grant - Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts with Autologous Human Immune SystemsP30CA046934 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI James V Degregori · 1988 to 2026
$117.0M
NIH Prior Approval Process ProfessionalUL1TR002535 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SOKOL, RONALD J. · 2018 to 2022
$51.1M
Targeting Wnt signaling to overcome PARP inhibitor resistance in ovarian cancerR00CA194318 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI BITLER, BENJAMIN G · 2017 to 2019
$745k
WNT4 IN ENDOCRINE RESPONSE AND RESISTANCE IN INVASIVE LOBULAR CARCINOMAR00CA193734 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SIKORA, MATTHEW J · 2017 to 2019
$703k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002535NCI NIH HHS P30 CA046934NCI NIH HHS R00 CA193734NCI NIH HHS R00 CA194318
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) has one of the highest death to incidence ratios among all cancers. High grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is the most common and deadliest EOC histotype due to the lack of therapeutic options following debulking surgery and platinum/taxane-based chemotherapies. For recurrent chemosensitive HGSOC, poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase inhibitors (PARPi; olaparib, rucaparib, or niraparib) represent an emerging treatment strategy. While PARPi are most effective in homologous recombination DNA repair-deficient (HRD) HGSOCs, recent studies have observed a significant benefit in non-HRD HGSOCs. However, all HGSOC patients are likely to acquire resistance. Therefore, there is an urgent clinical need to understand PARPi resistance and to introduce novel combinatorial therapies to manage PARPi resistance and extend HGSOC disease-free intervals. In a panel of HGSOC cell lines, we established matched olaparib sensitive and resistant cells. Transcriptome analysis of the matched olaparib-sensitive vs -resistant cells revealed activation of the Wnt signaling pathway and consequently increased TCF transcriptional activity in PARPi-resistant cells. Forced activation of canonical Wnt signaling in several PARPi-sensitive cells via WNT3A reduced olaparib and rucaparib sensitivity. PARPi resistant cells were sensitive to inhibition of Wnt signaling using the FDA-approved compound, pyrvinium pamoate, which has been shown to promote downregulation of β-catenin. In both an HGSOC cell line and a patient-derived xenograft model, we observed that combining pyrvinium pamoate with olaparib resulted in a significant decrease in tumor burden. This study demonstrates that Wnt signaling can mediate PARPi resistance in HGSOC and provides a clinical rationale for combining PARP and Wnt inhibitors.

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AnimalsCell Line, TumorDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHeterograftsHumansIndazolesIndolesMiceOvarian NeoplasmsPhthalazinesPiperazinesPiperidinesPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesIndazolesIndolesniraparibolaparibPhthalazinesPiperazinesPiperidinesPoly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesrucaparibDNA repairovarian cancerPARP inhibitortherapy resistancewnt signaling

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PMID31219654
PMCPMC7537108
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