A New Opportunity for "Old" Molecules: Targeting PARP1 Activity through a Non-Enzymatic Mechanism

In recent years, new therapies have been developed based on molecules that target molecular mechanisms involved in both the initiation and maintenance of the oncogenic process. Among these molecules are the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) inhibitors. PARP1 has emerged as a target with great th...

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Autores: Iglesias, P., Seoane, M., Golán-Cancela, I., Fraga, M., Arce, V.M., Costoya Puente, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS)
Repositorio:RUNA. Repositorio da Consellería de Sanidade e Sergas
OAI Identifier:oai:runa.sergas.gal:20.500.11940/20990
Acceso en línea:https://portalcientifico.sergas.gal//documentos/64860189a219857f1d78b72b
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11940/20990
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Humans
Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases
Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors
Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1
Neoplasms
DNA Repair
Transcription Factors
IDIS
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Sumario:In recent years, new therapies have been developed based on molecules that target molecular mechanisms involved in both the initiation and maintenance of the oncogenic process. Among these molecules are the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) inhibitors. PARP1 has emerged as a target with great therapeutic potential for some tumor types, drawing attention to this enzyme and resulting in many small molecule inhibitors of its enzymatic activity. Therefore, many PARP inhibitors are currently in clinical trials for the treatment of homologous recombination (HR)-deficient tumors, BRCA-related cancers, taking advantage of synthetic lethality. In addition, several novel cellular functions unrelated to its role in DNA repair have been described, including post-translational modification of transcription factors, or acting through protein-protein interactions as a co-activator or co-repressor of transcription. Previously, we reported that this enzyme may play a key role as a transcriptional co-activator of an important component of cell cycle regulation, the transcription factor E2F1. Here, we show that PARP inhibitors, which interfere with its activity in cell cycle regulation, perform this without affecting its enzymatic function.