Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Sensitivity to splicing modulation of BCL2 family genes defines cancer therapeutic strategies for splicing modulators

  • Daniel Aird,
  • Teng Teng,
  • Chia-Ling Huang,
  • Ermira Pazolli,
  • Deepti Banka,
  • Kahlin Cheung-Ong,
  • Cheryl Eifert,
  • Craig Furman,
  • Zhenhua Jeremy Wu,
  • Michael Seiler,
  • Silvia Buonamici,
  • Peter Fekkes,
  • Craig Karr,
  • James Palacino,
  • Eunice Park,
  • Peter G. Smith,
  • Lihua Yu,
  • Yoshiharu Mizui,
  • Markus Warmuth,
  • Agustin Chicas,
  • Laura Corson,
  • Ping Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08150-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Small molecule modulators of RNA splicing have therapeutic potential in tumours bearing spliceosome mutations. Here, the authors identify BCL2 genes have differential sensitivities to SF3b-targeting splicing modulators and combination of SF3b-targeting splicing modulators and BCLxL inhibition induces synergistic cytotoxicity in cancer cells.