Trastuzumab resistant HER2+ breast cancer cells retain sensitivity to poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibition.

HER2-targeted therapies, such as trastuzumab, have increased the survival rates of HER2+ breast cancer patients. However, despite these therapies, many tumors eventually develop resistance to these therapies. Our lab previously reported an unexpected sensitivity of HER2+ breast cancer cells to poly (ADP-Ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi), agents that target homologous recombination (HR) deficient tumors, independent of a DNA repair deficiency. In this study, we investigated whether HER2+ trastuzumab resistant (TR) breast cancer cells were susceptible to PARPi and the mechanism behind PARPi induced cytotoxicity. We demonstrate that the PARPi ABT-888 (veliparib) decreased cell survival in-vitro and tumor growth in vivo of HER2+ trastuzumab resistant breast cancer cells. PARP-1 siRNA confirmed that cytotoxicity was due, in part, to PARP-1 inhibition. Furthermore, PARP-1 silencing had variable effects on the expression of several NF-B-regulated genes. In particular, silencing PARP-1 inhibited NF-B activity and reduced p65 binding at the IL-8 promoter, which resulted in a decrease in IL-8 mRNA and protein expression. Our results provide insight in the potential mechanism by which PARPi induces cytotoxicity in HER2+ breast cancer cells and support the testing of PARPi in patients with HER2+ breast cancer resistant to trastuzumab.

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