Synthetic Lethality

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutations or deletions in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, result in lethality when combined in the same cell under a given condition.

Publication

Small molecule inhibitors uncover synthetic genetic interactions of human flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) with DNA damage response genes.

Ward TA, McHugh PJ, Durant ST

Flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) is a structure selective endonuclease required for proficient DNA replication and the repair of DNA damage. Cellularly active inhibitors of this enzyme have previously been shown to induce a DNA damage response and, ultimately, cell death. High-throughput screens of human cancer cell-lines identify colorectal and gastric cell-lines with microsatellite instability (MSI) as enriched for cellular sensitivity ... [more]

PLoS ONE Jun. 20, 2017; 12(6);e0179278 [Pubmed: 28628639]

Throughput

  • Low Throughput

Additional Notes

  • Cells with bait knockdown using shRNA, and inhibition of hit with olaparib had lower survival than control

Related interactions

InteractionExperimental Evidence CodeDatasetThroughputScoreCurated ByNotes
BRCA2 PARP1
Negative Genetic
Negative Genetic

Mutations/deletions in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, but when combined in the same cell results in a more severe fitness defect or lethality under a given condition. This term is reserved for high or low throughput studies with scores.

Low-BioGRID
3656472
PARP1 BRCA2
Synthetic Lethality
Synthetic Lethality

A genetic interaction is inferred when mutations or deletions in separate genes, each of which alone causes a minimal phenotype, result in lethality when combined in the same cell under a given condition.

High-BioGRID
2342181

Curated By

  • BioGRID