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. 2017 Sep 27;7(5):391–399. doi: 10.3892/br.2017.990

Table I.

Candidate genes enhancing synthetic lethality of PARP inhibitors in CCC.

A, Candidate mutated genes for enhancing the therapeutic ratio achieved by PARP inhibitors in CCC

Official symbol Official full name Function Candidate synthetic lethality gene partners Somatic mutations in CCC Refs.
ARID1A AT-rich interaction domain 1A Chromatin remodeling ATR 26,30,31,32
ATMa Ataxia telangiectasia mutated serine/threonine kinase DNA repair checkpoint PARP, TOP1, ATR Somatic HR mutation in CCC, ATM c.5441delT 16,37,39
ATRa TM and Rad3-related DNA repair checkpoint PARP 10,29,37,38
BARD1a BRCA1-associated RING domain 1 HR PARP Expression of spliced isoforms of BARD1 was typical for clear cell carcinoma (51) 39,40
BRCA1/2a BRCA1, DNA repair associated HR PARP Somatic HR mutation in CCC, BRCA1 1135insA, BRCA2 p.S368X 5,16
CDKN2A Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A Cell cycle regulator RB1 45
CHEK1a Checkpoint kinase 1 DNA repair checkpoint ATR, MYC, TP53, Wee1, p21 CHK1 is a homologous recombination gene 10,29
CHEK2 Checkpoint kinase 2 DNA repair checkpoint CHEK2 p.S428F and CHEK2 del exon 1–7 9,16
CREBBP CREB binding protein p300 58
ERBB2 erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2, HER2 Oncogene PARP 26,46
FANCD2 Fanconi anemia complementation group D2 DNA repair PARP, POLQ 67
KRAS KRAS proto-oncogene, GTPase Oncogene XIAP, RAD51 43
LZTS1 Leucine zipper tumor suppressor 1 Tumor suppressor CDKN2A/2B 45
MLH1 mutL homolog 1 DNA mismatch repair ATR 27,33,39
MRE11Aa MRE11 homolog, double strand break repair nuclease DNA repair PARP Somatic HR mutation in CCC, MRE11A c.1196insTT 41
MSH6 mutS homolog 6 DNA mismatch repair DHFR, POLB, POLG, PINK1
MTOR Mechanistic target of rapamycin kinase Cell cycle regulator TP53 42,44
NF1 Neurofibromin 1 Oncogene PARP 44
NOTCH1 Notch 1 Cell processes ERBB2, EGFR 68
PIK3CA Phosphatidylinositol-4,5 bisphosphate3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha Oncogene TRRAP, Hh 27,29
PPP2R1A Protein phosphatase 2 scaffold subunit Aalpha Cell growth PLK 7% of CCC had mutations in PPP2R1A. 30
PRKDC Protein kinase, DNA-activated, catalytic polypeptide DNA repair MYC, MSH3 24
PTEN Polypeptide phosphatase and tensin homolog Tumor suppressor PARP, ATM, NLK 10% of CCC had mutations in PTEN. Somatic HR mutation in CCC, PTEN c.678delC, PTEN c.968insA, PTEN p.R233X 16,28,33
RAD51C RAD51 paralog C DNA repair PARP 14,43
PALB2 Partner and localizer of BRCA2 BRCA2 complex PARP 69
TP53 Tumor protein p53 Cell cycle regulator ID1, CHK1, ATM, ATR, mTOR 3,39,44
XRCC5 X-ray repair cross complementing 5 DNA repair Ku 50

B, Upregulated genes enhancing synthetic lethality of PARP inhibitors in CCC

Official symbol Official full name Function Candidate synthetic lethality gene partners Refs.

AURKA Aurora kinase A Cell cycle regulator MYC 5,51
CCNE1a Cyclin E1 Cell cycle regulator PARP 47,54
CKS1Ba CDC28 protein kinase regulatory subunit 1B Cell cycle regulator PLK1 48
ERBB2 erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2 (HER2) Oncogene NOTCH1 PARP 26,46
HNF1B Hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β Transcription factor CHEK1 49
PTENa Phosphatase and tensin homolog Tumor suppressor PARP, ATM, NLK, (nemo like kinase) 33,35,36
XRCC5 X-ray repair cross complementing 5 DNA repair Ku 50

C, Synthetic lethal gene partners based on chemoresistance-related genes in CCC

Official symbol Official full name Function Candidate synthetic lethality gene partners Refs.

CHEK1a Checkpoint kinase 1 DNA repair checkpoint ARR, MYC, TP53, Wee1, p21 29,60,61,62,63
DNMT1a DNA methyltransferase 1 Methyltransferase PARP 56,64
FGFR2a Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 Oncogene PTEN 57
ERBB2a erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2 Oncogene PARP 26
MYCa MYC proto-oncogene, bHLH transcription factor Oncogene PTEN 52,58
NOTCH1a Notch 1 Cell processes EGFR 27,59,66
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BRCA1/2, but also ATM, ATR, BARD1, CCNE1, CHEK1, CKS1B, DNMT1, ERBB2, FGFR2, MRE11A, MYC, NOTCH1 and PTEN were considered as candidate genes for synthetic lethality gene partners for PARP inhibitors.