Targeting synthetic lethal paralogs in cancer

CJ Ryan, I Mehta, N Kebabci, DJ Adams - Trends in Cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Synthetic lethal interactions, where mutation of one gene renders cells sensitive to inhibition
of another gene, can be exploited for the development of targeted therapeutics in cancer …

Genome-Wide CRISPR Screens Identify Multiple Synthetic Lethal Targets That Enhance KRASG12C Inhibitor Efficacy

S Mukhopadhyay, HY Huang, Z Lin, M Ranieri, S Li… - Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Non–small lung cancers (NSCLC) frequently (∼ 30%) harbor KRAS driver mutations, half of
which are KRAS G12C. KRAS-mutant NSCLC with comutated STK11 and/or KEAP1 is …

Developmental origins shape the paediatric cancer genome

X Chen, W Yang, CWM Roberts, J Zhang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
In the past two decades, technological advances have brought unprecedented insights into
the paediatric cancer genome revealing characteristics distinct from those of adult cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of VRK1 alters the nuclear phosphoproteome in the DNA damage response to doxorubicin

E Navarro-Carrasco, A Campos-Díaz… - Chemico-Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dynamic chromatin remodeling requires regulatory mechanisms for its adaptation to
different nuclear function, which are likely to be mediated by signaling proteins. In this …

The pattern of histone H3 epigenetic posttranslational modifications is regulated by the VRK1 chromatin kinase

E Monte-Serrano, P Morejón-García… - Epigenetics & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Dynamic chromatin remodeling is associated with changes in the epigenetic
pattern of histone acetylations and methylations required for processes based on dynamic …

Paralog-based synthetic lethality: rationales and applications

Y Xin, Y Zhang - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tumor cells can result from gene mutations and over-expression. Synthetic lethality (SL)
offers a desirable setting where cancer cells bearing one mutated gene of an SL gene pair …

Novel Dihydropteridinone Derivatives As Potent Inhibitors of the Understudied Human Kinases Vaccinia-Related Kinase 1 and Casein Kinase 1δ/ε

FH de Souza Gama, LA Dutra… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Vaccinia-related kinase 1 (VRK1) and the δ and ε isoforms of casein kinase 1 (CK1) are
linked to various disease-relevant pathways. However, the lack of tool compounds for these …

Synthetic lethal interactions of DEAD/H-box helicases as targets for cancer therapy

AB Arna, H Patel, RS Singh, FS Vizeacoumar… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
DEAD/H-box helicases are implicated in virtually every aspect of RNA metabolism, including
transcription, pre-mRNA splicing, ribosomes biogenesis, nuclear export, translation …

[HTML][HTML] 2D and 3D multiplexed subcellular profiling of nuclear instability in human cancer

S Coy, B Cheng, JS Lee, R Rashid, L Browning, Y Xu… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nuclear atypia, including altered nuclear size, contour, and chromatin organization, is
ubiquitous in cancer cells. Atypical primary nuclei and micronuclei can rupture during …

Methylation synthetic lethality: Exploiting selective drug targets for cancer therapy

BJ Ye, DF Li, XY Li, JL Hao, DJ Liu, H Yu, CD Zhang - Cancer Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
In cancer, synthetic lethality refers to the drug-induced inactivation of one gene and the
inhibition of another in cancer cells by a drug, resulting in the death of only cancer cells; …