title: Functional characterization of a novel BRCA1-null ovarian cancer cell line in response to ionizing radiation.
abstract: The breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 plays a major role in the DNA damage response pathway. The lack of well-characterized human BRCA1-null cell lines has limited the investigation of BRCA1 function, particularly with regard to its role in ovarian cancer. We propagated a novel BRCA1-null human ovarian cancer cell line UWB1.289 from a tumor of papillary serous histology, the most common form of ovarian carcinoma. UWB1.289 carries a germline BRCA1 mutation within exon 11 and has a deletion of the wild-type allele. UWB1.289 is estrogen and progesterone receptor negative and has an acquired somatic mutation in p53, similar to the commonly used BRCA1-null breast cancer cell line HCC1937. We used ionizing radiation to induce DNA damage in both UWB1.289 and in a stable UWB1.289 line in which wild-type BRCA1 was restored. We examined several responses to DNA damage in these cell lines, including sensitivity to radiation, cell cycle checkpoint function, and changes in gene expression using microarray analysis. We observed that UWB1.289 is sensitive to ionizing radiation and lacks cell cycle checkpoint functions that are a normal part of the DNA damage response. Restoration of wild-type BRCA1 function in these cells partially restores DNA damage responses. Expression array analysis not only supports this partial functional correction but also reveals interesting new information regarding BRCA1-positive regulation of the expression of claudin 6 and other metastasis-associated genes and negative regulation of multiple IFN-inducible genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195-7720, USA.
authors.forename: Christiana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DelloRusso
authors.forename: Piri L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Welcsh
authors.forename: Weixin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Rochelle L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: Mary-Claire
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Swisher
mesh_terms: D019313:BRCA1 Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004260:DNA Repair; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019313:BRCA1 Protein; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53