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Poster Display session 1

2654 - Expression analysis of NHEJ and HR genes in Ewing sarcomas: indications of DSB repair dysfunction

Date

28 Sep 2019

Session

Poster Display session 1

Topics

Tumour Site

Sarcoma

Presenters

Anastasios Kyriazoglou

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2019) 30 (suppl_5): v683-v709. 10.1093/annonc/mdz283

Authors

A. Kyriazoglou1, V. Konteles2, M. Liontos3, G. Sofianidis4, F. Zagouri3, K. Koutsoukos5, G. Tsironis6, A. Tsiara6, M. Kaparelou6, R. Zakopoulou7, A. Cohen3, E. Dimitriadis2, L. Mahaira2, D. Michali2, N. Arnogiannaki8, K. Stefanaki9, M.A.C. Dimopoulos10, A. Kattamis11

Author affiliations

  • 1 Clinical Therapeutics, Oncology Unit, Alexandra Hospital, 115 28 - Athens/GR
  • 2 Genetics, Aghios Savvas Hospital, 11522 - Athens/GR
  • 3 Oncology Unit, Department Of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, 115 28 - Athens/GR
  • 4 Motor Control And Learning Laboratory, School Of Physical Education And Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thesaloniki/GR
  • 5 Oncology Unit, Alexandra Hospital, 115 28 - Athens/GR
  • 6 Oncology Department, Alexandra Hospital, 115 28 - Athens/GR
  • 7 Medical, Alexandra Hospital, 115 28 - Athens/GR
  • 8 Pathology, Aghios Savvas Hospital, 11522 - Athens/GR
  • 9 Pathology, Aghia Sofia Children’s Hospital, Athens/GR
  • 10 Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, 115 28 - Athens/GR
  • 11 Division Of Pediatric Hematology-oncology, First Department Of Pediatrics, Aghia Sofia Children’s Hospital, Athens/GR

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Abstract 2654

Background

Ewing sarcomas (ES) are malignant mesenchymal neoplasms composed of blue small round cells. Ewing sarcomas genetically are characterized mainly by the translocation t(11;22)(q24;q12), which creates EWS/FLI1 fusion gene. These translocations require Double Strand Break (DSB) formation and subsequent dysfunctional repair. BRCAness and HR deficiency have been reported in ES and clinical trials targeting DSB repair are currently ongoing.

Methods

We have studied the expression of Non-Homologous End Joining (NHEJ) and Homologous Recombination (HR) genes in 32 cases of Ewing sarcoma. Baseline clinicopathological characteristics were recorded from the medical files. The expression of the following genes XRCC4, XRCC5, XRCC6, Pol λ, Pol m, Lig4, RAD51, RAD52, RAD54, BRCA1, BRCA2, FRANCC, FRANCD, DNMT1 and BRIT1 was analyzed with Real-Time PCR. Samples from healthy blood donors were used as controls. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Anova.

Results

Nine genes out of the 15 studied showed statistically significant results. XRCC5, XRCC6, Polm, lig4 from the NHEJ DNA repair mechanism and RAD51, RAD52, RAD54, BRCA2 and FRANCD from the HR DNA repair mechanism were upregulated. Interestingly, several parts of both DSB repair mechanisms seem to be dysfunctional highlighting the involvement of NHEJ and HR in the oncogenesis of ES.

Conclusions

Genes involved both to NHEJ and HR show statistically important differences in their expression in Ewing sarcoma tumor samples. DSB repair mechanisms seem to be upregulated in a manner that supports the reported articles implying that it could be a potentially important target for new therapeutic approach to these lethal tumors.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

The authors.

Funding

Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology.

Disclosure

All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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