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CIP2A interacts with TopBP1 and is selectively essential for DNA damage-induced basal-like breast cancer tumorigenesis

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Laine, Anni, Nagelli, Srikar G., Farrington, Caroline, Butt, Umar, Cvrljevic, Anna N., Vainonen, Julia P., Feringa, Femke M., Grönroos, Tove J. +16 more·2020·Cancer Research

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Despite saturated genetic profiling of breast cancers, oncogenic drivers for the clinically challenging basal-like breast cancer (BLBC) subtype are still poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that CIP2A is selectively essential for DNA damage-induced initiation of mouse BLBC tumors, but not of other cancer types. Mechanistically, CIP2A was discovered genome-widely the closest functional homologue for DNA-damage proteins TopBP1, RHNO, POLQ, NBN and PARP1. CIP2A directly interacts with the ATR-activation domain of TopBP1, and dampens both, chromatin binding of TopBP1 and RAD51, and G2/M checkpoint in DNA-damaged cells. CIP2A also drives BLBC-associated proliferative MYC and E2F1 signaling. Consistently with high DNA-damage response activity BLBCs, and CIP2A’s novel role in checkpoint signaling, CIP2A was found essential for DNA-damaged, and BRCA-mutant BLBC cells. Selective role for CIP2A as BLBC driver was supported by association of high CIP2A expression with poor patient prognosis only in BLBC, but not in other breast cancer types. Therapeutically, small molecule reactivators of PP2A (SMAPs) phenocopy CIP2A-dependent DNA damage response, and inhibit in vivo growth of patient-derived BLBC xenograft. In summary, we discover sub-type selective essential role for CIP2A in BLBC initiation and maintenance that can be explained by its newly discovered association with DNA-damage response, coordinated with regulation of proliferative signaling. The results also identify therapeutic strategy for CIP2A-dependent BLBCs.

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  • CIP2A is widely over-expressed in different human cancer types.

    “Of these, CIP2A is widely over-expressed in different human cancer types and drives tumour growth both in xenograft and transgenic mouse models18–24.”

    From Structural mechanism for inhibition of PP2A-B56α and oncogenicity by CIP2A (2023) · cites this paper as [24]

    The human BLBC results (p. 7) report high CIP2A expression in basal-like breast cancer, and the Discussion (p. 10) describes CIP2A overexpression in BLBC. These passages do not establish that CIP2A is widely overexpressed across different human cancer types; the Discussion distinguishes its BLBC findings from earlier assumptions about involvement in multiple solid cancers. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • CIP2A drives tumour growth in xenograft and transgenic mouse models.

    “Of these, CIP2A is widely over-expressed in different human cancer types and drives tumour growth both in xenograft and transgenic mouse models18–24.”

    From Structural mechanism for inhibition of PP2A-B56α and oncogenicity by CIP2A (2023) · cites this paper as [24]

    The Introduction (p. 2) says CIP2A is essential for initiating basal-like breast tumors in transgenic mouse models, supporting the mouse-model part of the claim. Our copy does not report xenograft tumor growth, and its finding concerns tumor initiation in a specific breast cancer subtype rather than tumor growth generally (Introduction, p. 2; Figure 5, p. 9). (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Targeting of the head domain is an efficient strategy to block malignant growth of CIP2A-driven TNBC cells.

    “They also identify targeting of the head domain as an efficient strategy to block malignant growth of CIP2A-driven TNBC cells24 (Fig. 3K).”

    From Structural mechanism for inhibition of PP2A-B56α and oncogenicity by CIP2A (2023) · cites this paper as [24]

    The Results section, “Transcriptional CIP2A targeting by SMAPs as potential BLBC therapy” (page unavailable), reports reduced viability in basal-like TNBC cell lines and reduced growth of a basal-like breast cancer xenograft after treatment. It does not identify the CIP2A head domain as the target or show that targeting that domain caused the growth inhibition. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • MISIIR-TAg mice with wild-type and homozygous CIP2A deficiency show similar ovarian tumor development.

    “we reported recently that there is no difference in OvCa tumorigenesis between MISIIR-TAg X CIP2AWT and MISIIR-TAg X CIP2AHOZ mice (17)(Fig. 2E).”
  • CIP2A is a central DNA damage response protein essential for BRCA-mutated triple-negative breast cancer cells.

    “However, recent identification of CIP2A as a central DNA damage response (DDR) protein essential for BRCA-mutated triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells24,26, indicates that CIP2A has broader role in cancer beyond MYC regulation.”

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Laine, A., Nagelli, S. G., Farrington, C., Butt, U., Cvrljevic, A. N., Vainonen, J. P., Feringa, F. M., Grönroos, T. J., Gautam, P., Khan, S., Sihto, H., Qiao, X., Pavic, K., Connolly, D. C., Kronqvist, P., Elo, L. L., Maurer, J., Wennerberg, K., Medema, R. H., Joensuu, H., Peuhu, E., de Visser, K., Narla, G., & Westermarck, J.
Affiliations
  • Åbo Akademi University (FI)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL)
  • University of Turku (FI)
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center (US)
  • Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
Corresponding author
Westermarck, Jukka
Venue
Cancer Research
Publisher
openRxiv
Published
2020-08-31
Volume
81
Issue
16
Pages
4319-4331
ISSN
0008-5472 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3169418599
Cited by
54
References
77
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 3
FWCI
2.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Cancer Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion)
  • VU Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense (W81XWH)
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (407869199)
  • Academy of Finland (296801, 323096, 310561, 314443)
  • Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
  • Turun Yliopisto (310561)
  • Orionin Tutkimussäätiö
  • Svenska Kulturfonden
  • K. Albin Johanssons Stiftelse
  • Turun Yliopistollinen Keskussairaala
  • Biocenter Finland
  • Oncode Institute
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center (P30CA006927)
  • Varsinais-Suomen Rahasto
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL144741)
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA181654, R01CA240993, CA240993, CA 006927, CA181654, P30CA006927)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Keywords
CIP2A, TopBP1, basal-like breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, homologous recombination deficiency, DNA damage response, spindle assembly checkpoint, G2/M checkpoint, BRCA deficiency, MYC signaling, tumor initiation, protein-protein interaction, prognostic factors, therapeutic target
MeSH terms
Animals, Autoantigens, Breast Neoplasms, Carrier Proteins, Cell Cycle, DNA Damage, DNA-Binding Proteins, Female, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Transgenic, Mitosis, Mutation, Nuclear Proteins, Recombination, Genetic, 9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene, Signal Transduction, Mice, Knockout, Proteome, Cell Line, Tumor, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Cell Proliferation, Mice, Carcinogenesis

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