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Chemosensitivity profiling of osteosarcoma tumour cell lines identifies a model of BRCAness

Holme, Harriett, Gulati, Aditi, Brough, Rachel, Fleuren, Emmy D. G., Bajrami, Ilirjana, Campbell, James, Chong, Irene Y., Costa-Cabral, Sara, Elliott, Richard, Fenton, Tim R., and others. (2018) Chemosensitivity profiling of osteosarcoma tumour cell lines identifies a model of BRCAness. Scientific Reports, 8 (1). ISSN 2045-2322. E-ISSN 2045-2322. (doi:10.1038/s41598-018-29043-z) (KAR id:68523)

Abstract

Osteosarcoma (OS) is an aggressive sarcoma, where novel treatment approaches are required. Genomic studies suggest that a subset of OS, including OS tumour cell lines (TCLs), exhibit genomic loss of heterozygosity (LOH) patterns reminiscent of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutant tumours. This raises the possibility that PARP inhibitors (PARPi), used to treat BRCA1/2 mutant cancers, could be used to target OS. Using high-throughput drug sensitivity screening we generated chemosensitivity profiles for 79 small molecule inhibitors, including three clinical PARPi. Drug screening was performed in 88 tumour cell lines, including 18 OS TCLs. This identified known sensitivity effects in OS TCLs, such as sensitivity to FGFR inhibitors. When compared to BRCA1/2 mutant TCLs, OS TCLs, with the exception of LM7, were PARPi resistant, including those with previously determined BRCAness LoH profiles. Post-screen validation experiments confirmed PARPi sensitivity in LM7 cells as well as a defect in the ability to form nuclear RAD51 foci in response to DNA damage. LM7 provides one OS model for the study of PARPi sensitivity through a potential defect in RAD51-mediated DNA repair. The drug sensitivity dataset we generated in 88 TCLs could also serve as a resource for the study of drug sensitivity effects in OS.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1038/s41598-018-29043-z
Uncontrolled keywords: bone cancer ; predictive markers
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: Tim Fenton
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2018 07:51 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 16:29 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/68523 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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