KLC1-ROS1 Fusion Exerts Oncogenic Properties of Glioma Cells via Specific Activation of JAK-STAT Pathway

Here, we investigated the detailed molecular oncogenic mechanisms of a novel receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) fusion, KLC1-ROS1, with an adapter molecule, KLC1, and an RTK, ROS1, discovered in pediatric glioma, and we explored a novel therapeutic target for glioma that possesses oncogenic RTK fusion. When wild-type ROS1 and KLC1-ROS1 fusions were stably expressed in the human glioma cell lines A172 and U343MG, immunoblotting revealed that KLC1-ROS1 fusion specifically activated the JAK2-STAT3 pathway, a major RTK downstream signaling pathway, when compared with wild-type ROS1. Immunoprecipitation of the fractionated cell lysates revealed a more abundant association of the KLC1-ROS1 fusion with JAK2 than that observed for wild-type ROS1 in the cytosolic fraction. A mutagenesis study of the KLC1-ROS1 fusion protein demonstrated the fundamental roles of both the KLC1 and ROS1 domains in the constitutive activation of KLC1-ROS1 fusion. Additionally, in vitro assays demonstrated that KLC1-ROS1 fusion upregulated cell proliferation, invasion, and chemoresistance when compared to wild-type ROS1. Combination treatment with the chemotherapeutic agent temozolomide and an inhibitor of ROS1, JAK2, or a downstream target of STAT3, demonstrated antitumor effects against KLC1-ROS1 fusion-expressing glioma cells. Our results demonstrate that KLC1-ROS1 fusion exerts oncogenic activity through serum-independent constitutive activation, resulting in specific activation of the JAK-STAT pathway. Our data suggested that molecules other than RTKs may serve as novel therapeutic targets for RTK fusion in gliomas.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Cancers - 16(2023), 1 vom: 19. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fujii, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Nakano, Yoshiko [VerfasserIn]
Hagita, Daichi [VerfasserIn]
Onishi, Nobuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Endo, Arumu [VerfasserIn]
Nakagawa, Masaya [VerfasserIn]
Yoshiura, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Otsuka, Yohei [VerfasserIn]
Takeuchi, Satoru [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Shimizu, Yuzaburo [VerfasserIn]
Toyooka, Terushige [VerfasserIn]
Matsushita, Yuko [VerfasserIn]
Hibiya, Yuko [VerfasserIn]
Tomura, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Kondo, Akihide [VerfasserIn]
Wada, Kojiro [VerfasserIn]
Ichimura, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Tomiyama, Arata [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Glioma
JAK-STAT pathway
Journal Article
KLC1-ROS1 fusion
Oncogene

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Date Revised 14.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cancers16010009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366920146