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Targeting Chromatin Remodeling Deficiencies & Synthetic Lethality

  1. Saito R, Fukushima M, Sasaki M, Okamoto A, Ogiwara H*.
    Targeting USP8 Causes Synthetic Lethality through Degradation of FGFR2 in ARID1A-Deficient Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma.
    NPJ Precis Oncol. 2025;9(1):69. [Publication]
  2. Sasaki M, Kato D, Yoshida H, Shimizu T, Ogiwara H*.
    Efficacy of CBP/p300 Dual Inhibitors against De-repression of KREMEN2 in cBAF-Deficient Cancers.
    Cancer Res Commun. 2025;5(1):24-38. [Publication]
  3. Sasaki M, Kato D, Murakami K, Yoshida H, Takase S, Otsubo T, Ogiwara H*.
    Targeting dependency on a paralog pair of CBP/p300 against de-repression of KREMEN2 in SMARCB1-deficient cancers.
    Nat Commun. 2024;15(1):4770. [Publication]
  4. Sasaki MOgiwara H*.
    Efficacy of glutathione inhibitor eprenetapopt against the vulnerability of glutathione metabolism in SMARCA4-, SMARCB1- and PBRM1-deficient cancer cells.
    Sci Rep. 2024;14(1):31321. [Publication]
  5. Ogiwara H*., Takahashi K., Sasaki M., Kuroda T., Yoshida H., Watanabe R., Maruyama A., Makinoshima H., Chiwaki F., Sasaki H., Kato T., Okamoto A., Kohno T*.
    Targeting the Vulnerability of Glutathione Metabolism in ARID1A-Deficient Cancers.
    Cancer Cell. 2019;35(2):177-190.e8. [Publication]

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      <2025>

      Saito R#, Fukushima M#, Sasaki M, Okamoto A, Ogiwara H*

      Targeting USP8 Causes Synthetic Lethality through Degradation of FGFR2 in ARID1A-Deficient Ovarian Clear Cell Carcinoma

      NPJ Precis Oncol. 9(1):69. 2025

      doi: 10.1038/s41698-025-00850-8. PMID: 40074856

      Sasaki M, Kato D, Yoshida H, Shimizu T, Ogiwara H*.

      Efficacy of CBP/p300 Dual Inhibitors against De-repression of KREMEN2 in cBAF-Deficient Cancers.

      Cancer Res Commun. 5(1):24-38. 2025

      doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-24-0484. PMID: 39625239

      <2024>

      Sasaki M, Kato D, Murakami K, Yoshida H, Takase S, Otsubo T, Ogiwara H*.

      Targeting dependency on a paralog pair of CBP/p300 against de-repression of KREMEN2 in SMARCB1-deficient cancers.

      Nat Commun. 15(1):4770. 2024

      doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49063-w. PMID: 38839769

       

      Sasaki M and Ogiwara H*.

      Efficacy of glutathione inhibitor eprenetapopt against the vulnerability of glutathione metabolism in SMARCA4-, SMARCB1- and PBRM1-deficient cancer cells.

      Sci Rep. 14(1):31321. 2024

      doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-82753-5. PMID: 39732845

      <2023>

      Kanada R*, Kagoshima Y, Suzuki T, Nakamura A, Funami H, Watanabe J, Asano M, Takahashi M, Ubukata O, Suzuki K, Aikawa T, Sato K, Goto M, Setsu G, Ito K, Kihara K, Kuroha M, Kohno T, Ogiwara H, Isoyama T, Tominaga Y, Higuchi S, Naito H.

      Discovery of DS-9300: A Highly Potent, Selective, and Once-Daily Oral EP300/CBP Histone Acetyltransferase Inhibitor. J Med Chem. 66(1):695-715. 2023

      doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01641. PMID: 36572866.

      <2022>

      Kobayashi Y*, Takeda T, Kunitomi H, Chiwaki F, Komatsu M, Nagai S, Nogami Y, Tsuji K, Masuda K, Ogiwara H, Sasaki H, Banno K, Aoki D.

      Response Predictive Markers and Synergistic Agents for Drug Repositioning of Statins in Ovarian Cancer.

      Pharmaceuticals. 15(2):124. 2022

      doi: 10.3390/ph15020124. PMID: 35215239

      <2020>

      Sasaki M and Ogiwara H*.

      Synthetic Lethal Therapy Based on Targeting the Vulnerability of SWI/SNF Chromatin Remodeling Complex-Deficient Cancers.

      Cancer Science. 111(3):774‐782. 2020 (Review Article)

      doi: 10.1111/cas.14311. PMID: 31955490

       

      Sasaki M, Chiwaki F, Kuroda T, Komatsu M, Matsusaki K, Kohno T, Sasaki H, Ogiwara H*.

      Efficacy of Glutathione Inhibitors for the Treatment of ARID1A-Deficient Diffuse-Type Gastric Cancers.

      Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 522(2): 342-347. 2020

      doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.11.078. PMID: 31761322.

      <2019>

      Ogiwara H*., Takahashi K., Sasaki M., Kuroda T., Yoshida H., Watanabe R., Maruyama A., Makinoshima H., Chiwaki F., Sasaki H., Kato T., Okamoto A., Kohno T*.

      Targeting the Vulnerability of Glutathione Metabolism in ARID1A-Deficient Cancers.

      Cancer Cell. 35(2):177-190.e8. 2019

      doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2018.12.009 PMID: 30686770

       

      Kuroda T, Ogiwara H*, Sasaki M, Tahahashi K, Yoshida H, Kiyokawa T, Sudo K, Tamura K, Kato T, Okamoto A, Kohno T.

      Therapeutic preferability of gemcitabine for ARID1A-deficient ovarian clear cell carcinoma.

      Gynecol Oncol. 155(3):489-498. 2019

      doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2019.10.002 PMID: 31604667

      <~2018>

      Kanke Y, Shimomura A, Saito M, Honda T, Shiraishi K, Shimada Y, Watanabe R, Yoshida H, Yoshida M, Shimizu C, Takahashi K, Totsuka H, Ogiwara H, Hirose S, Kono K, Tamura K, Okamoto A, Kinoshita T, Kato T, Kohno T.

      Gene aberration profile of tumors of adolescent and young adult females.

      Oncotarget. 9(5):6228-6237. 2017

      doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.23765. PMID: 29464067

       

      Ogiwara H., Sasaki M., Mitachi T., Oike T., Higuchi S., Tominaga Y., Kohno T.

      Targeting p300 addiction in CBP-deficient cancers causes synthetic lethality via apoptotic cell death due to abrogation of MYC expression

      Cancer Discov. 6(4): 430-445. 2016

      doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-15-0754. PMID: 26603525

       

      Alagoz M, Katsuki Y, Ogiwara H, Ogi T, Shibata A, Kakarougkas A, Jeggo P.

      SETDB1, HP1 and SUV39 promote repositioning of 53BP1 to extend resection during homologous recombination in G2 cells.

      Nucleic Acids Res. 43(16):7931-7944. 2015

      doi: 10.1093/nar/gkv722. PMID: 26206670

       

      Amornwichet N, Oike T, Shibata A, Nirodi CS, Ogiwara H, Makino H, Kimura Y, Hirota Y, Isono M, Yoshida Y, Ohno T, Kohno T, Nakano T.

      The EGFR mutation status affects the relative biological effectiveness of carbon-ion beams in non-small cell lung carcinoma cells.

      Sci Rep. 5: 11305. 2015

      doi: 10.1038/srep11305. PMID: 26065573

       

      Oike T., Ogiwara H., Amornwichet N., Nakano T., Kohno T.

      Chromatin-regulating proteins as targets for cancer therapy.

      J Radiat Res. 55(4):613-628. 2014

      doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrt227. PMID: 24522270

       

      Oike T., Ogiwara H., Nakano T., Kohno T.

      Proposal for a synthetic lethality therapy using the paralog dependence of cancer cells--response.

      Cancer Res. 74(17):4948-4949. 2014

      doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-0674. PMID: 25136072

       

      Oike T., Komachi M., Ogiwara H., Amornwichet N., Saitoh Y., Torikai K., Kubo N., Nakano T., Kohno, T.

      C646, a selective small molecule inhibitor of histone acetyltransferase p300, radiosensitizes lung cancer cells by enhancing mitotic catastrophe.

      Radiother Oncol. 111(2): 222-227. 2014.

      doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.03.015. PMID: 24746574

       

      Watanabe R., Ui A., Kanno S., Ogiwara H., Nagase T., Kohno T., Yasui A.

      SWI/SNF factors required for cellular resistance to DNA damage include ARID1A and ARID1B and show interdependent protein stability.

      Cancer Res. 74(9):2465-2475. 2014

      doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-3608. PMID: 24788099

       

      Kato K., Nakajima K., Ui A., Muto-Terao Y., Ogiwara H., Nakada S.

      Fine-tuning of DNA damage-dependent ubiquitination by OTUB2 supports the DNA repair pathway choice.

      Mol Cell 53(4):617-630. 2014

      doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.01.030. PMID: 24560272

       

      Nakaoku T, Tsuta K, Ichikawa H, Shiraishi K, Sakamoto H, Enari M, Furuta K, Shimada Y, Ogiwara H, Watanabe S, Nokihara H, Yasuda K, Hiramoto M, Nammo T, Ishigame T, Schetter AJ, Okayama H, Harris CC, Kim YH, Mishima M, Yokota J, Yoshida T, Kohno T.

      Druggable oncogene fusions in invasive mucinous lung adenocarcinoma.

      Clin Cancer Res. 20(12): 3087-3093. 2014

      doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-0107. PMID: 24727320

       

      Amornwichet N, Oike T, Shibata A, Ogiwara H, Tsuchiya N, Yamauchi M, Saitoh Y, Sekine R, Isono M, Yoshida Y, Ohno T, Kohno T, Nakano T.

      Carbon-ion beam irradiation kills X-ray-resistant p53-null cancer cells by inducing mitotic catastrophe.

      PLoS One. 9(12):e115121. 2014

      doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115121. PMID: 25531293

       

      Mizukami T., Shiraishi K., Shimada Y., Ogiwara H., Tsuta K., Ichikawa H., Sakamoto H., Kato M., Shibata T., Nakano T., Kohno, T.

      Molecular mechanisms underlying oncogenic RET fusion in lung adenocarcinoma.

      J Thorac Oncol. 9(5):622-630. 2014

      doi: 10.1097/JTO.0000000000000135. PMID: 24722152

       

      Ui A., Ogiwara H., Nakajima S., Kanno S., Watanabe R., Harata M., Okayama H., Harris C. C., Yokota J., Yasui A., Kohno, T.

      Possible involvement of LKB1-AMPK signaling in non-homologous end joining.

      Oncogene. 33(13):1640-1648. 2014

      doi: 10.1038/onc.2013.125. PMID: 23584481

       

      Oike T., Ogiwara H., Tominaga Y., Ito K., Ando O., Tsuta K., Mizukami T., Shimada Y., Isomura H., Komachi M., Kohno T.

      A synthetic lethality-based strategy to treat cancers harboring a genetic deficiency in the chromatin remodeling factor BRG1.

      Cancer Res. 73(17):5508-5518. 2013

      doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-4593 PMID: 23872584

       

      Ogiwara H., Ui A., Shiotani B., Zou L., Yasui A., Kohno, T.

      Curcumin suppresses multiple DNA damage response pathways and has potency as a sensitizer to PARP inhibitor.

      Carcinogenesis. 34(11):2486-2497. 2013

      doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgt240 PMID: 23825154

       

      Oike T., Ogiwara H., Nakano T., Yokota J., Kohno T.

      Inactivating mutations in SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling genes in human cancer.

      Jpn J Clin Oncol. 43(9):849-855. 2013

      doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyt101. PMID: 23904343

       

      Ogiwara H., and Kohno T.

      CBP and p300 histone acetyltransferases contribute to homologous recombination by transcriptionally activating the BRCA1 and RAD51 genes.

      PLoS One. 7(12):e52810. 2012

      doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052810. PMID: 23285190

       

      Kohno T, Ichikawa H, Totoki Y, Yasuda K, Hiramoto M, Nammo T, Sakamoto H, Tsuta K, Furuta K, Shimada Y, Iwakawa R, Ogiwara H, Oike T, Enari M, Schetter AJ, Okayama H, Haugen A, Skaug V, Chiku S, Yamanaka I, Arai Y, Watanabe S, Sekine I, Ogawa S, Harris CC, Tsuda H, Yoshida T, Yokota J, Shibata T.

      KIF5B-RET fusions in lung adenocarcinoma.

      Nat Med. 18(3):375-357. 2012

      doi: 10.1038/nm.2644. PMID: 22327624

       

      Oike T., Ogiwara H., Torikai K.,Nakano T., Yokota J., Kohno T.

      Garcinol, a histone acetyltransferase inhibitor, radiosensitizes cancer cells by inhibiting non-homologous end joining.

      Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 84(3):815-821. 2012

      doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.017. PMID: 22417805

       

      Ogiwara H., Ui A., Otsuka A., Satoh H., Yokomi I., Nakajima S., Yasui A., Yokota J., Kohno, T.

      Histone acetylation by CBP and p300 at double-strand break sites facilitates SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling and the recruitment of non-homologous end joining factors.

      Oncogene. 30(18):2135-2146. 2011

      doi: 10.1038/onc.2010.592. PMID: 21217779

       

      Ogiwara H., and Kohno T.

      Essential factors for incompatible DNA end joining at chromosomal DNA double strand breaks in vivo.

      PLoS One. 6(12):e28756. 2011

      doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028756. PMID: 22194904

       

      Li S, Kanno S, Watanabe R, Ogiwara H, Kohno T, Watanabe G, Yasui A, Lieber MR.

      Polynucleotide kinase and aprataxin-like forkhead-associated protein (PALF) acts as both a single-stranded DNA endonuclease and a single-stranded DNA 3' exonuclease and can participate in DNA end joining in a biochemical system.

      J Biol Chem. 286(42):36368-36377. 2011

      doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.287797. PMID: 21885877

       

      Lan L., Ui A., Nakajima S., Hatakeyama K., Hoshi M., Watanabe R., Janicki S. M., Ogiwara H., Kohno T., Kanno S., Yasui, A.

      The ACF1 complex is required for DNA double-strand break repair in human cells.

      Mol Cell. 40(6):976-987. 2010

      doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.12.003. PMID: 21172662

       

      Kohno T., Otsuka A., Girard L., Sato M., Iwakawa R., Ogiwara H., Sanchez-Cespedes M., Minna J.D., Yokota J.

      A catalog of genes homozygously deleted in human lung cancer and the candidacy of PTPRD as a tumor suppressor gene.

      Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 49(4):342-352. 2010

      doi: 10.1002/gcc.20746. PMID: 20073072

       

      Ogiwara H., Kohno T., Nakanishi H., Nagayama K., Sato M., Yokota J.

      Unbalanced translocation, a major chromosome alteration causing loss of heterozygosity in human lung cancer.

      Oncogene. 27(35):4788-4797. 2008

      doi: 10.1038/onc.2008.113. PMID: 18408757

      Ohuchi T, Seki M, Branzei D, Maeda D, Ui A, Ogiwara H, Tada S, Enomoto T.

      Rad52 sumoylation and its involvement in the efficient induction of homologous recombination.

      DNA Repair. 7:879-889. 2008

       

      Ogiwara H., Ui A., Kawashima S., Kugou K., Onoda F., Iwahashi H., Harata M., Ohta K., Enomoto T., Seki M.

      Actin-related protein Arp4 functions in kinetochore assembly.

      Nucleic Acids Res. 35:3109-3117. 2007.

       

      Ogiwara H., Ohuchi T., Ui A., Tada S., Enomoto T., Seki M.

      Ctf18 is required for homologous recombination-mediated double-strand break repair.

      Nucleic Acids Res. 35:4989-5000. 2007

       

      Ogiwara H., Ui A., Enomoto T., Seki M.

      Role of Elg1 protein in double strand break repair.

      Nucleic Acids Res. 35:353-362. 2007

       

      Ogiwara H., Enomoto T., Seki M.

      The INO80 chromatin remodeling complex functions in sister chromatid cohesion.

      Cell Cycle. 6(9):1090-1095. 2007

       

      Ogiwara H., Ui A., Lai MS., Enomoto T., Seki M.

      Chl1 and Ctf4 are required for damage-induced recombinations.

      Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 354:222-226.2007

       

      Tomizawa Y, Ui A, Onoda F, Ogiwara H, Tada S, Enomoto T, Seki M.

      Rad50 is involved in MMS-induced recombination between homologous chromosomes in mitotic cells.

      Genes Genet Syst. 82:157-160. 2007

       

      Ui A, Seki M, Ogiwara H, Lai MS, Yamamoto K, Tada S, Enomoto T.

      Activation of a novel pathway involving Mms1 and Rad59 in sgs1 cells.

      Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 356:1031-1037. 2007

       

      Kawashima S, Ogiwara H, Tada S, Harata M, Wintersberger U, Enomoto T, Seki M.

      The INO80 complex is required for damage-induced recombination.

      Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 355:835-841. 2007

       

      Ogiwara H., Ui A., Onoda F., Tada S., Enomoto T., Seki M.

      Dpb11, the budding yeast homolog of TopBP1, functions with the checkpoint clamp in recombination repair.

      Nucleic Acids Res. 34:3389-3398.2006

       

      Ui A, Seki M, Ogiwara H, Onodera R, Fukushige S, Onoda F, Enomoto T.

      The ability of Sgs1 to interact with DNA topoisomerase III is essential for damage-induced recombination.

      DNA Repair. 4(2):191-201. 2005