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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2021

Inhibition of Poly ADP-Ribose Glycohydrolase Sensitizes Ovarian Cancer Cells to Poly ADP-Ribose Polymerase Inhibitors and Platinum Agents.

Emad Matanes, Vanessa M López-Ozuna, David Octeau, Tahira Baloch, Florentin Racovitan, Amandeep Kaur Dhillon, Roy Kessous, Oded Raban, Liron Kogan, Shannon Salvador and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Emad MatanesDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Vanessa M López-OzunaSegal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
David OcteauSegal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Tahira BalochSegal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Florentin RacovitanSegal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Amandeep Kaur DhillonSegal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Roy KessousDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Oded RabanDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Liron KoganDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Shannon SalvadorDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Susie LauDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Walter H GotliebDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Amber YasmeenSegal Cancer Center, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
McGill University · CAJewish General Hospital · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPoly ADP-ribose glycohydrolase (PARG) is responsible for the catabolism of PARP-synthesized PAR to free ADP-ribose. Inhibition of PARG leads to DNA repair interruption and consequently induces cell death. This study aims to evaluate the effect of a PARG inhibitor (PARGi) on epithelial ovarian cancer (OC) cell lines, alone and in combination with a PARP inhibitor (PARPi) and/or Cisplatin.

methodsPARG mRNA levels were studied in three different OC datasets: TCGA, Hendrix, and Meyniel. PARG protein levels were assessed in 100 OC specimens from our bio-bank. The therapeutic efficacy of PARGi was assessed using cell migration and clonogenic formation assays. Flow cytometry was used to evaluate the cell apoptosis rate and the changes in the cell cycle.

resultsPARG protein was highly expressed in 34% of the OC tumors and low expression was found in another 9%. Similarly, Hendrix, Meyneil and TCGA databases showed a significant up-regulation in PARG mRNA expression in OC samples as compared to normal tissue (P=0.001, P=0.005, P=0.005, respectively). The use of PARGi leads to decreased cell migration. PARGi in combination with PARPi or Cisplatin induced decreased survival of cells as compared to each drug alone. In the presence of PARPi and Cisplatin, PARG knockdown cell lines showed significant G2/M cell cycle arrest and cell death induction.

conclusionsPARG inhibition appears as a complementary strategy to PARP inhibition in the treatment of ovarian cancer, especially in the presence of homologous recombination defects.

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homologous recombinationovarian cancerpoly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG)poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitorstargeted therapies

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PMID34778062
PMCPMC8578901
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