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- Title
DNA damage repair in glioblastoma: current perspectives on its role in tumour progression, treatment resistance and PIKKing potential therapeutic targets.
- Authors
Lozinski, Mathew; Bowden, Nikola A.; Graves, Moira C.; Fay, Michael; Tooney, Paul A.
- Abstract
Background: The aggressive, invasive and treatment resistant nature of glioblastoma makes it one of the most lethal cancers in humans. Total surgical resection is difficult, and a combination of radiation and chemotherapy is used to treat the remaining invasive cells beyond the tumour border by inducing DNA damage and activating cell death pathways in glioblastoma cells. Unfortunately, recurrence is common and a major hurdle in treatment, often met with a more aggressive and treatment resistant tumour. A mechanism of resistance is the response of DNA repair pathways upon treatment-induced DNA damage, which enact cell-cycle arrest and repair of DNA damage that would otherwise cause cell death in tumour cells. Conclusions: In this review, we discuss the significance of DNA repair mechanisms in tumour formation, aggression and treatment resistance. We identify an underlying trend in the literature, wherein alterations in DNA repair pathways facilitate glioma progression, while established high-grade gliomas benefit from constitutively active DNA repair pathways in the repair of treatment-induced DNA damage. We also consider the clinical feasibility of inhibiting DNA repair in glioblastoma and current strategies of using DNA repair inhibitors as agents in combination with chemotherapy, radiation or immunotherapy. Finally, the importance of blood-brain barrier penetrance when designing novel small-molecule inhibitors is discussed.
- Subjects
DNA damage; DRUG target; DNA repair; CELL death; GLIOBLASTOMA multiforme; BLOOD-brain barrier; COMBINATION drug therapy
- Publication
Cellular Oncology (2211-3428), 2021, Vol 44, Issue 5, p961
- ISSN
2211-3428
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13402-021-00613-0