Nature Communications (May 2020)

CX-5461 activates the DNA damage response and demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in high-grade serous ovarian cancer

  • Elaine Sanij,
  • Katherine M. Hannan,
  • Jiachen Xuan,
  • Shunfei Yan,
  • Jessica E. Ahern,
  • Anna S. Trigos,
  • Natalie Brajanovski,
  • Jinbae Son,
  • Keefe T. Chan,
  • Olga Kondrashova,
  • Elizabeth Lieschke,
  • Matthew J. Wakefield,
  • Daniel Frank,
  • Sarah Ellis,
  • Carleen Cullinane,
  • Jian Kang,
  • Gretchen Poortinga,
  • Purba Nag,
  • Andrew J. Deans,
  • Kum Kum Khanna,
  • Linda Mileshkin,
  • Grant A. McArthur,
  • John Soong,
  • Els M. J. J. Berns,
  • Ross D. Hannan,
  • Clare L. Scott,
  • Karen E. Sheppard,
  • Richard B. Pearson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16393-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Acquired resistance limits the efficacy of PARP inhibitors (PARPi) in high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). Here, the authors show that inhibition of RNA polymerase I transcription using CX-5461 increases the therapeutic efficacy of PARPi and overcomes PARPi resistance in PDX models of HGSOC.