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Exposure of tumor cells to ionizing radiation causes compensatory activation of multiple intracellular survival signaling pathways to maintain viability. In human carcinoma cells, radiation exposure caused an initial rapid inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatase function and the activation of ERBB receptors and downstream signaling pathways. Radiation-induced activation of extracellular regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 promoted the cleavage and release of paracrine ligands in carcinoma cells which caused re-activation of ERBB family receptors and intracellular signaling pathways. Blocking ERBB receptor phosphorylation or ERK1/2 pathway activity using small-molecule inhibitors of kinases for a short period of time following exposure (3 h) surprisingly protected tumor cells from the toxic effects of ionizing radiation. Prolonged exposure (48–72 h) of tumor cells to inhibition of ERBB receptor/ERK1/2 function enhanced radiosensitivity. In addition to ERBB receptor signaling, expression of activated forms of RAS family members and alterations in p53 mutational status are known to regulate radiosensitivity apparently independent of ERBB receptor function; however, changes in RAS or p53 mutational status, in isogenic HCT116 cells, were also noted to modulate the expression of ERBB receptors and ERBB receptor paracrine ligands. These alterations in receptor and ligand expression correlated with changes in the ability of HCT116 cells to activate ERK1/2 and AKT after irradiation, and to survive radiation exposure. Collectively, our data in multiple human carcinoma cell lines argues that tumor cells are dynamic and rapidly adapt to any single therapeutic challenge, for example, radiation and/or genetic manipulation e.g. loss of activated RAS function, to maintain tumor cell growth and viability.
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Somatic MEN1 mutations occur in up to 50% of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs). Clinical studies have shown that radiation therapy (IR) is effective in a subset of PanNETs, but it remains unclear why some patients respond better to IR than others. Herein, we study whether MEN1 loss of function increases radiosensitivity of PanNETs and determine its effect on DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair. After creating a MEN1 knockout PanNET cell line, we confirmed reduced DSB repair capacity in MEN1-deficient cells and linked these findings to a defect in homologous recombination, as well as reduced BRCA2 expression levels. Consistent with this model, we found that MEN1 mutant cells displayed increased sensitivity to the highly trapping poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) 1 inhibitor talazoparib in vitro. Our results suggest that combining IR with PARP inhibition may be beneficial in patients with PanNETs and MEN1 loss of function.
