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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 127, Issue 5, Pages 916-926Publisher
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DOI: 10.1038/s41416-022-01836-0
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61673143, 81673036]
- Outstanding Youth Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China [YQ2021H005]
- HMU Marshal Initiative Funding [HMUMIF-21023]
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This study developed a qualitative signature for detecting BRCAness in OvCa and showed that patients classified as BRCAness had improved overall survival and progression-free survival, as well as increased sensitivity to immune checkpoint blockade.
Background Mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) cause homologous recombination deficiency (HRD). Ovarian cancer (OvCa) patients harbouring HRD beyond BRCA1/2 mutation result in a state referred to as BRCAness. OvCa with BRCAness could benefit from PARP inhibitors. This study aims to identify a signature to detect the BRCAness population at the transcriptome level. Methods We used a rank-based algorithm to develop a qualitative BRCAness signature for OvCa. Upregulation of CXCL1 with downregulation of SV2A and upregulation of LY9 with downregulation of CHRNB3 were constructed as the BRCAness signature (2 gene pairs, 2-GPS) for OvCa. Results OvCa samples that were classified as BRCAness by 2-GPS showed improved overall survival, progression-free survival and exhibited increased multi-omics alterations in homologous recombination genes and enhanced sensitivity to immune checkpoint blockade. BRCAness cells were sensitive to PARP inhibitors. By biological experiments, we validated SKOV3 cells and patients with HRD exhibited higher expression of CXCL1 than SV2A and higher expression of LY9 than CHRNB3 at mRNA level. Both SKOV3 and A2780 with HRD were sensitive to mitomycin C, cisplatin and olaparib. Conclusions In conclusion, 2-GPS could robustly predict BRCAness OvCa at the individual level and extend the population who may benefit from PARP inhibitors.
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