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PMID | (25870146) | ||||||||||||
Authors | McCabe N, Hanna C, Walker SM, Gonda D, Li J, Wikstrom K, Savage KI, Butterworth KT, Chen C, Harkin DP, Prise KM, Kennedy RD | ||||||||||||
Title | Mechanistic Rationale to Target PTEN-Deficient Tumor Cells with Inhibitors of the DNA Damage Response Kinase ATM. | ||||||||||||
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Abstract Text | Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is an important signaling molecule in the DNA damage response (DDR). ATM loss of function can produce a synthetic lethal phenotype in combination with tumor-associated mutations in FA/BRCA pathway components. In this study, we took an siRNA screening strategy to identify other tumor suppressors that, when inhibited, similarly sensitized cells to ATM inhibition. In this manner, we determined that PTEN and ATM were synthetically lethal when jointly inhibited. PTEN-deficient cells exhibited elevated levels of reactive oxygen species, increased endogenous DNA damage, and constitutive ATM activation. ATM inhibition caused catastrophic DNA damage, mitotic cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis specifically in PTEN-deficient cells in comparison with wild-type cells. Antioxidants abrogated the increase in DNA damage and ATM activation in PTEN-deficient cells, suggesting a requirement for oxidative DNA damage in the mechanism of cell death. Lastly, the ATM inhibitor KU-60019 was specifically toxic to PTEN mutant cancer cells in tumor xenografts and reversible by reintroduction of wild-type PTEN. Together, our results offer a mechanistic rationale for clinical evaluation of ATM inhibitors in PTEN-deficient tumors. |
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PTEN loss | colon cancer | sensitive | KU-55933 | Preclinical | Actionable | In a preclinical study, KU-55933 induced cell cycle arrest and caspase activation in PTEN deficient human colon cancer cells in culture (PMID: 25870146). | 25870146 |
PTEN loss | prostate cancer | sensitive | KU-60019 | Preclinical | Actionable | In a preclinical study, KU-60019 blocked tumor growth in PTEN-deficient human prostate cancer xenograft models (PMID: 25870146). | 25870146 |