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ArticleNature communications2025

HR eye & MMR eye: one-day assessment of DNA repair-defective tumors eligible for targeted therapy.

Shinta Saito, Shingo Kato, Usaki Arai, Atsuki En, Jun Tsunezumi, Taichi Mizushima, Kensuke Tateishi, Noritaka Adachi

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Shinta SaitoDepartment of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, 236-0027, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-2347-1142
Shingo KatoDepartment of Clinical Cancer Genomics, Yokohama City University Hospital, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4785-5543
Usaki AraiDepartment of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, 236-0027, Japan.
Atsuki EnDepartment of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, 236-0027, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-9864-0715
Jun TsunezumiDepartment of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, 236-0027, Japan.
Taichi MizushimaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan.
Kensuke TateishiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6895-9013
Noritaka AdachiDepartment of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, 236-0027, Japan. nadachi@yokohama-cu.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1895-0747

Funding

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP19H01151MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP22K19382MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) JP24K22025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homologous recombination (HR) and mismatch repair (MMR) act as guardians of the human genome, and defects in HR or MMR are causative in at least a quarter of all malignant tumors. Although these DNA repair-deficient tumors are eligible for effective targeted therapies, fully reliable diagnostic strategies based on functional assay have yet to be established, potentially limiting safe and proper application of the molecular targeted drugs. Here we show that transient transfection of artificial DNA substrates enables ultrarapid detection of HR and MMR. This finding led us to develop a diagnostic strategy that can determine the cellular HR/MMR status within one day without the need for control cells or tissues. Notably, the accuracy of this method allowed the discovery of a pathogenic RAD51D mutation, which was missed by existing companion diagnostic tests. Our methods, termed HR eye and MMR eye, are applicable to frozen tumor tissues and roughly predict the response to therapy. Overall, the findings presented here could pave the way for accurately assessing malignant tumors with functional defects in HR or MMR, a step forward in accelerating precision medicine.

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DNA Mismatch RepairDNA RepairHomologous RecombinationNeoplasmsCell Line, TumorHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyMutation

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PMID40355434
PMCPMC12069580

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