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Replication gaps are a key determinant of PARP inhibitor synthetic lethality with BRCA deficiency.

Molecular cell | 2021

Mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA) is synthetic lethal with poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi). Lethality is thought to derive from DNA double-stranded breaks (DSBs) necessitating BRCA function in homologous recombination (HR) and/or fork protection (FP). Here, we report instead that toxicity derives from replication gaps. BRCA1- or FANCJ-deficient cells, with common repair defects but distinct PARPi responses, reveal gaps as a distinguishing factor. We further uncouple HR, FP, and fork speed from PARPi response. Instead, gaps characterize BRCA-deficient cells, are diminished upon resistance, restored upon resensitization, and, when exposed, augment PARPi toxicity. Unchallenged BRCA1-deficient cells have elevated poly(ADP-ribose) and chromatin-associated PARP1, but aberrantly low XRCC1 consistent with defects in backup Okazaki fragment processing (OFP). 53BP1 loss resuscitates OFP by restoring XRCC1-LIG3 that suppresses the sensitivity of BRCA1-deficient cells to drugs targeting OFP or generating gaps. We highlight gaps as a determinant of PARPi toxicity changing the paradigm for synthetic lethal interactions.

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Associated grants

  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 CA225018
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 CA214799
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM135293
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 CA254037
  • Agency: NCI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 CA257430

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