2022
RASGRF1 Fusions Activate Oncogenic RAS Signaling and Confer Sensitivity to MEK Inhibition.
Hunihan L, Zhao D, Lazowski H, Li M, Qian Y, Abriola L, Surovtseva YV, Muthusamy V, Tanoue LT, Rothberg BE, Schalper KA, Herbst RS, Wilson FH. RASGRF1 Fusions Activate Oncogenic RAS Signaling and Confer Sensitivity to MEK Inhibition. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 28: 3091-3103. PMID: 35247929, PMCID: PMC9288503, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-4291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung adenocarcinomaSmoking historyPack-year smoking historyMinimal smoking historySubset of patientsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cell linesPotential treatment strategyTight junction protein occludinJunction protein occludinWhole-exome sequencingAdenocarcinoma cell lineAdvanced malignanciesCancer Genome AtlasRaf-MEKAdvanced tumorsMultiple malignanciesTreatment strategiesKRAS mutationsTherapeutic strategiesTherapeutic targetOncogenic RAS SignalingRelated commentaryOncogenic driversMEK inhibitionOncogenic alterations
2018
Amplification of Wild-type KRAS Imparts Resistance to Crizotinib in MET Exon 14 Mutant Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Bahcall M, Awad MM, Sholl LM, Wilson FH, Xu M, Wang S, Palakurthi S, Choi J, Ivanova E, Leonardi GC, Ulrich BC, Paweletz CP, Kirschmeier PT, Watanabe M, Baba H, Nishino M, Nagy RJ, Lanman RB, Capelletti M, Chambers ES, Redig AJ, VanderLaan PA, Costa DB, Imamura Y, Jänne P. Amplification of Wild-type KRAS Imparts Resistance to Crizotinib in MET Exon 14 Mutant Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2018, 24: 5963-5976. PMID: 30072474, PMCID: PMC6279568, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-0876.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell Line, TumorCrizotinibDisease Models, AnimalDNA Copy Number VariationsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmExonsGene AmplificationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceLung NeoplasmsMiceModels, BiologicalMutationPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-metProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Signal TransductionXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerMutant non-small cell lung cancerCell lung cancerPatient-derived cell linesCrizotinib resistanceLung cancerCell linesLong-term efficacyPI3KEGFR ligandsPI3K inhibitionCombination therapyEffective therapyMET inhibitorsSuperior efficacyPatient tumorsDrug combinationsMET inhibitionTherapeutic strategiesParental cell lineMEK inhibitionDrug resistanceRecurrent genetic eventsK inhibitionCompensatory induction