Cancer Cells Haploinsufficient for ATM Are Sensitized to PARP Inhibitors by MET Inhibition.
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| Abstract |
The MET oncogene encodes a tyrosine kinase (TK) receptor. Its activation protects cells from death but also stimulates DNA damage response by triggering excess replicative stress. Transcriptomic classification of cancer cell lines based on MET expression showed that response to the PARP inhibitor (PARPi) olaparib is poorer in MET overexpressing cell lines. Accordingly, a high MET expressing lung carcinoma cell line was sensitized to PARPi by MET TK inhibition. This was not linked solely to MET overexpression: other MET overexpressing cell lines were biochemically but not functionally responsive to combined inhibition. Moreover, exogenously induced MET overexpression was unable to induce resistance to PARPi. The MET overexpressing cell line, responsive to the combined PARP and MET inhibition, carried a heterozygous mutation of the ATM gene and showed an attenuated response of ATM to PARPi. Among the downstream targets of ATM activation, NuMA was phosphorylated only in response to the combined PARP and MET inhibition. Given the role played by NuMA in mitosis, data show that the latter is affected by MET and PARP inhibition in cells with haploinsufficient ATM. This is important as ATM heterozygous mutation is frequently found in human cancer and in lung carcinomas in particular.
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| Authors | Concetta D'Ambrosio, Jessica Erriquez, Sonia Capellero, Simona Cignetto, Maria Alvaro, Eric Ciamporcero, Maria Flavia Di Renzo, Timothy Perera, Giorgio Valabrega, Martina Olivero |
| Journal | International journal of molecular sciences (Int J Mol Sci) Vol. 23 Issue 10 (May 21 2022) ISSN: 1422-0067 [Electronic] Switzerland |
| PMID | 35628590 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
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