Concomitant targeting of the mTOR/MAPK pathways : novel therapeutic strategy in subsets of RICTOR/KRAS-altered non-small cell lung cancer

Despite a therapeutic paradigm shift into targeted-driven medicinal approaches, resistance to therapy remains a hallmark of lung cancer, driven by biological and molecular diversity. Using genomic and expression data from advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients enrolled in the BATTLE-2 clinical trial, we identified RICTOR alterations in a subset of lung adenocarcinomas and found RICTOR expression to carry worse overall survival. RICTOR-altered cohort was significantly enriched in KRAS/MAPK axis mutations, suggesting a co-oncogenic driver role in these molecular settings. Using NSCLC cell lines, we showed that, distinctly in KRAS mutant backgrounds, RICTOR blockade impairs malignant properties and generates a compensatory enhanced activation of the MAPK pathway, exposing a unique therapeutic vulnerability. In vitro and in vivo concomitant pharmacologic inhibition of mTORC1/2 and MEK1/2 resulted in synergistic responses of anti-tumor effects. Our study provides evidence of a distinctive therapeutic opportunity in a subset of NSCLC carrying concomitant RICTOR/KRAS alterations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 9(2018), 74 vom: 21. Sept., Seite 33995-34008

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ruder, Dennis [VerfasserIn]
Papadimitrakopoulou, Vassiliki [VerfasserIn]
Shien, Kazuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Behrens, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Kalhor, Neda [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Huiqin [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Li [VerfasserIn]
Lee, J Jack [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Waun Ki [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Ximing [VerfasserIn]
Girard, Luc [VerfasserIn]
Minna, John D [VerfasserIn]
Diao, Lixia [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Mino, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Villalobos, Pamela [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez-Canales, Jaime [VerfasserIn]
Hanson, Nana E [VerfasserIn]
Sun, James [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Vincent [VerfasserIn]
Greenbowe, Joel [VerfasserIn]
Frampton, Garrett [VerfasserIn]
Herbst, Roy S [VerfasserIn]
Baladandayuthapani, Veera [VerfasserIn]
Wistuba, Ignacio I [VerfasserIn]
Izzo, Julie G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Journal Article
KRAS mutation
MAPK pathway
MTORC2
Non-small cell lung cancer
RICTOR gene abnormalities

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Date Revised 17.11.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.26129

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM289725534