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ArticleScientific reports2021

The mitotic checkpoint is a targetable vulnerability of carboplatin-resistant triple negative breast cancers.

Stijn Moens, Peihua Zhao, Maria Francesca Baietti, Oliviero Marinelli, Delphi Van Haver, Francis Impens, Giuseppe Floris, Elisabetta Marangoni, Patrick Neven, Daniela Annibali and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Stijn MoensVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
Peihua ZhaoVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
Maria Francesca BaiettiVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
Oliviero MarinelliDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Delphi Van HaverVIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium.
Francis ImpensVIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium.
Giuseppe FlorisDepartment of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Elisabetta MarangoniTranslational Research Department, Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France.
Patrick NevenDepartment of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Daniela Annibali *Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Anna A Sablina *VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
Frédéric Amant *Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), 3000, Leuven, Belgium. frederic.amant@uzleuven.be.
KU Leuven · BEGhent University · BEThe Netherlands Cancer Institute · NLUniversità di Camerino · ITUniversité Paris Sciences et Lettres · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive breast cancer subtype, lacking effective therapy. Many TNBCs show remarkable response to carboplatin-based chemotherapy, but often develop resistance over time. With increasing use of carboplatin in the clinic, there is a pressing need to identify vulnerabilities of carboplatin-resistant tumors. In this study, we generated carboplatin-resistant TNBC MDA-MB-468 cell line and patient derived TNBC xenograft models. Mass spectrometry-based proteome profiling demonstrated that carboplatin resistance in TNBC is linked to drastic metabolism rewiring and upregulation of anti-oxidative response that supports cell replication by maintaining low levels of DNA damage in the presence of carboplatin. Carboplatin-resistant cells also exhibited dysregulation of the mitotic checkpoint. A kinome shRNA screen revealed that carboplatin-resistant cells are vulnerable to the depletion of the mitotic checkpoint regulators, whereas the checkpoint kinases CHEK1 and WEE1 are indispensable for the survival of carboplatin-resistant cells in the presence of carboplatin. We confirmed that pharmacological inhibition of CHEK1 by prexasertib in the presence of carboplatin is well tolerated by mice and suppresses the growth of carboplatin-resistant TNBC xenografts. Thus, abrogation of the mitotic checkpoint by CHEK1 inhibition re-sensitizes carboplatin-resistant TNBCs to carboplatin and represents a potential strategy for the treatment of carboplatin-resistant TNBCs.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCarboplatinCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Cycle ProteinsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCheckpoint Kinase 1DNA DamageDrug Resistance, NeoplasmDrug SynergismFemaleGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansAntineoplastic AgentsCarboplatinCell Cycle ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 1CHEK1 protein, humanNeoplasm ProteinsprexasertibProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProteomePyrazinesPyrazolesWEE1 protein, human

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PMID33542435
PMCPMC7862668
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