Selective abrogation of S6K2 maps lipid homeostasis as a survival vulnerability in MAPKi-resistant NRAS<sup>MUT</sup>melanoma

ABSTRACT Although oncogenic NRAS activates MAPK signaling, inhibition of the MAPK pathway is not therapeutically efficacious in NRAS-mutant tumors. Here we report that silencing the ribosomal protein S6 kinase 2 (S6K2), while preserving the activity of S6K1, perturbs lipid metabolism, enhances fatty acid unsaturation, and triggers lethal lipid peroxidation selectively in NRAS-mutant melanoma cells that are resistant to MAPK inhibition. S6K2 depletion induces ER stress, and PPARα activation, triggering cell death selectively in MAPKi-resistant melanoma. We show that combining PPARα agonists and polyunsaturated fatty acids phenocopies the effects of S6K2 abrogation, blocking tumor growth in PDX and immunocompetent mouse pre-clinical models. Collectively, our study establishes S6K2 and its effector subnetwork as promising targets for NRAS-mutant melanoma that are resistant to global MAPK pathway inhibitors.One Sentence Summary S6K2 is a vulnerability in MAPK inhibitor-resistant NRAS-mutant melanoma.

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 18. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lipchick, Brittany [VerfasserIn]
Guterres, Adam N. [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hsin-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Zundell, Delaine M. [VerfasserIn]
Aguila, Segundo Del [VerfasserIn]
Reyes-Uribe, Patricia I. [VerfasserIn]
Basu, Subhasree [VerfasserIn]
Yin, Xiangfan [VerfasserIn]
Kossenkov, Andrew V. [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Yiling [VerfasserIn]
Mills, Gordon B. [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qin [VerfasserIn]
Goldman, Aaron R. [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Maureen E. [VerfasserIn]
Speicher, David W. [VerfasserIn]
Villanueva, Jessie [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2021.04.07.438684

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XBI02031342X