2024
Mechanism of Action of KL-50, a Candidate Imidazotetrazine for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Brain Cancers
Huseman E, Lo A, Fedorova O, Elia J, Gueble S, Lin K, Sundaram R, Oh J, Liu J, Menges F, Rees M, Ronan M, Roth J, Batista V, Crawford J, Pyle A, Bindra R, Herzon S. Mechanism of Action of KL-50, a Candidate Imidazotetrazine for the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Brain Cancers. Journal Of The American Chemical Society 2024, 146: 18241-18252. PMID: 38815248, PMCID: PMC11409917, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06483.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDNA repair capacityDifferential DNA repair capacityDNA interstrand cross-linksRepair capacityInterstrand cross-linksDisplacement of fluorideDNA repairCross-linkingAberrant DNA repairLesionsHealthy tissueBrain cancerRing openingHealthy cellsMGMTSelective chemotherapyGenotoxic agentsTumorChemical DNA modificationsCancerMultistep processRepair
2017
Bi‐allelic alterations in DNA repair genes underpin homologous recombination DNA repair defects in breast cancer
Mutter RW, Riaz N, Ng CK, Delsite R, Piscuoglio S, Edelweiss M, Martelotto LG, Sakr RA, King TA, Giri DD, Drobnjak M, Brogi E, Bindra R, Bernheim G, Lim RS, Blecua P, Desrichard A, Higginson D, Towers R, Jiang R, Lee W, Weigelt B, Reis‐Filho J, Powell SN. Bi‐allelic alterations in DNA repair genes underpin homologous recombination DNA repair defects in breast cancer. The Journal Of Pathology 2017, 242: 165-177. PMID: 28299801, PMCID: PMC5516531, DOI: 10.1002/path.4890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerGermline BRCA1/BRCA2 mutationsBRCA1/BRCA2 mutationsPrecision medicine-based approachPrimary breast cancerTumour-specific DNA repair defectsSporadic breast cancerGermline genetic alterationsBi-allelic lossWhole-exome sequencingSpecific mutational signaturesComprehensive genetic assessmentBRCA2 mutationsLarge-scale state transitionsBi-allelic alterationsCancerGenetic alterationsDNA repair defectsMutational signaturesTherapyAlterationsRepair defectsGene expressionGenetic assessmentHR genes