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ArticleCancers2021

CENPE Inhibition Leads to Mitotic Catastrophe and DNA Damage in Medulloblastoma Cells.

Giorgia Iegiani, Marta Gai, Ferdinando Di Cunto, Gianmarco Pallavicini

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Giorgia IegianiNeuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, 10043 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2966-9675
Marta GaiDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Ferdinando Di CuntoNeuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, 10043 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9367-6357
Gianmarco PallaviciniNeuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, 10043 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7735-3010
Neuroscience Institute · ITUniversity of Turin · IT

Funding

Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro IG23341Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro 24247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most frequent brain tumor in children. The standard treatment consists in surgery, followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy. These therapies are only partially effective since many patients still die and those who survive suffer from neurological and endocrine disorders. Therefore, more effective therapies are needed. Primary microcephaly (MCPH) is a rare disorder caused by mutations in 25 different genes. Centromere-associated protein E (CENPE) heterozygous mutations cause the MCPH13 syndrome. As for other MCPH genes, CENPE is required for normal proliferation and survival of neural progenitors. Since there is evidence that MB shares many molecular features with neural progenitors, we hypothesized that CENPE could be an effective target for MB treatment. In ONS-76 and DAOY cells, CENPE knockdown induced mitotic defects and apoptosis. Moreover, CENPE depletion induced endogenous DNA damage accumulation, activating TP53 or TP73 as well as cell death signaling pathways. To consolidate CENPE as a target for MB treatment, we tested GSK923295, an allosteric inhibitor already in clinical trial for other cancer types. GSK923295, induced effects similar to CENPE depletion with higher penetrance, at low nM levels, suggesting that CENPE's inhibition could be a therapeutic strategy for MB treatment.

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53BP1CENPEchildhood brain tumorDNA damagemicrocephalymitotic catastropheγH2AX

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