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Collateral lethality: a new therapeutic strategy in oncology

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Muller, Florian L., Aquilanti, Elisa A., DePinho, Ronald A.·2015·Trends in Cancer

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Genomic deletion of tumor suppressor genes (TSG) is a rite of passage for virtually all human cancers. The synthetic lethal paradigm has provided a framework for the development of molecular targeted therapeutics that are functionally linked to the loss of specific TSG functions. In the course of genomic events that delete TSGs, a large number of genes with no apparent direct role in tumor promotion also sustain deletion as a result of chromosomal proximity to the target TSG. In this perspective, we review the novel concept of "collateral lethality", which has served to identify cancer-specific therapeutic vulnerabilities resulting from co-deletion of passenger genes neighboring TSG. The large number of collaterally deleted genes, playing diverse functions in cell homeostasis, offers a rich repertoire of pharmacologically targetable vulnerabilities presenting novel opportunities for the development of personalized anti-neoplastic therapies.

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  • Because cells often exhibit redundancy in essential pathways, passenger loss of metabolic genes can introduce a therapeutic opportunity termed collateral lethality.

    “Because cells often exhibit redundancy in essential pathways, this phenomenon can introduce a therapeutic opportunity to target cancer cells that has been termed collateral lethality (Muller et al., 2015).”

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Authors
Muller, F. L., Aquilanti, E. A., & DePinho, R. A.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
Corresponding author
DePinho, Ronald A.
Venue
Trends in Cancer
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-11
Volume
1
Issue
3
Pages
161-173
ISSN
  • 2405-8025 (ISSN-L)
  • 2405-8033
OpenAlex
W2179093278
Cited by
132
References
116
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Trends in cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (P01CA095616, P50CA127001)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Keywords
synthetic lethality, tumor suppressor, passenger genes, precision oncology, targeted cancer therapy

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