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ReviewDNA repair2024

Positioning loss of PARP1 activity as the central toxic event in BRCA-deficient cancer.

Nathan MacGilvary, Sharon B Cantor

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Review in DNA repair, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Research square · 2025
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  8. Single-molecule analysis of PARP1-G-quadruplex interaction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nathan MacGilvaryDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Sharon B CantorDepartment of Molecular, Cell and Cancer Biology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: sharon.cantor@umassmed.edu.

Funding

Defining BRCA replication dysfunction in therapy responseR01CA254037 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI CANTOR, SHARON B · 2020 to 2025
$2.6M
FANCJ dependent pathways in replication stressR01CA225018 · NCI · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI CANTOR, SHARON B · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA225018NCI NIH HHS R01 CA254037
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms by which poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) inhibitors (PARPi)s inflict replication stress and/or DNA damage are potentially numerous. PARPi toxicity could derive from loss of its catalytic activity and/or its physical trapping of PARP1 onto DNA that perturbs not only PARP1 function in DNA repair and DNA replication, but also obstructs compensating pathways. The combined disruption of PARP1 with either of the hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genes, BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA), results in synthetic lethality. This has driven the development of PARP inhibitors as therapies for BRCA-mutant cancers. In this review, we focus on recent findings that highlight loss of PARP1 catalytic activity, rather than PARPi-induced allosteric trapping, as central to PARPi efficacy in BRCA deficient cells. However, we also review findings that PARP-trapping is an effective strategy in other genetic deficiencies. Together, we conclude that the mechanism-of-action of PARP inhibitors is not unilateral; with loss of activity or enhanced trapping differentially killing depending on the genetic context. Therefore, effectively targeting cancer cells requires an intricate understanding of their key underlying vulnerabilities.

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BRCA1 ProteinPoly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsAnimalsBRCA2 ProteinBreast NeoplasmsDNA DamageDNA RepairDNA ReplicationFemaleHumansNeoplasmsOvarian NeoplasmsBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanPARP1 protein, humanPoly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase InhibitorsBRCA cancersDNA repairDNA replicationPARP1 inhibitorsReplication forksReplication gaps

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PMID39461277
PMCPMC11611662

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