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ArticleCancers2020

ATM Kinase Inhibition Preferentially Sensitises PTEN-Deficient Prostate Tumour Cells to Ionising Radiation.

Conor Hanna, Victoria L Dunne, Steven M Walker, Karl T Butterworth, Nuala McCabe, David J J Waugh, Richard D Kennedy, Kevin M Prise

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Conor HannaPatrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, UK.
Victoria L DunnePatrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, UK.
Steven M WalkerPatrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, UK.
Karl T ButterworthPatrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7170-6789
Nuala McCabePatrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, UK.
David J J WaughSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 4000, Australia.
Richard D KennedyPatrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, UK.
Kevin M PrisePatrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6134-7946
Queen's University Belfast · GBQueensland University of Technology · AU

Funding

LFT Charitable Trust 25537-1Movember Foundation CE013_2-004Prostate Cancer UK S10-08
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radical radiotherapy, often in combination with hormone ablation, is a safe and effective treatment option for localised or locally-advanced prostate cancer. However, up to 30% of patients with locally advanced PCa will go on to develop biochemical failure, within 5 years, following initial radiotherapy. Improving radiotherapy response is clinically important since patients exhibiting biochemical failure develop castrate-resistant metastatic disease for which there is no curative therapy and median survival is 8-18 months. The aim of this research was to determine if loss of PTEN (highly prevalent in advanced prostate cancer) is a novel therapeutic target in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Previous work has demonstrated PTEN-deficient cells are sensitised to inhibitors of ATM, a key regulator in the response to DSBs. Here, we have shown the role of PTEN in cellular response to IR was both complex and context-dependent. Secondly, we have confirmed ATM inhibition in PTEN-depleted cell models, enhances ionising radiation-induced cell killing with minimal toxicity to normal prostate RWPE-1 cells. Furthermore, combined treatment significantly inhibited PTEN-deficient tumour growth compared to PTEN-expressing counterparts, with minimal toxicity observed. We have further shown PTEN loss is accompanied by increased endogenous levels of ROS and DNA damage. Taken together, these findings provide pre-clinical data for future clinical evaluation of ATM inhibitors as a neoadjuvant/adjuvant in combination with radiation therapy in prostate cancer patients harbouring PTEN mutations.

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ATMDNA damageionising radiationprostate cancerPTENROS

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PMID33396656
PMCPMC7794981
OpenAlexW3117887109

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