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ArticleOncotarget2015

Mutant AKT1-E17K is oncogenic in lung epithelial cells.

Carmela De Marco, Donatella Malanga, Nicola Rinaldo, Fernanda De Vita, Marianna Scrima, Sara Lovisa, Linda Fabris, Maria Vincenza Carriero, Renato Franco, Antonia Rizzuto and 2 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07486648 (The Safety and Efficacy of Osimertinib Plus Capivasertib in EGFRm Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07486648 phase1 / phase2not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

The Safety and Efficacy of Osimertinib Plus Capivasertib in EGFRm Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Participants With PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN Alterations Who Had Progressed on First-line Osimertinib Monotherapy or Plus Chemotherapy: a First-in-human, Phase Ib/Ⅱa Study (PRECISION)

TypeinterventionalSponsorShanxi Province Cancer HospitalRan2026 to 2028Enrolled53ConditionsLung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Cancer (Non-Small Cell), Advanced Non-small-cell Lung CancerArmsCapivasertib in combination with Osimertinib
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. AKT and DUBs: a bidirectional relationship.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2025
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  5. Novel Mutations inCurrent issues in molecular biology · 2024
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  18. Whole-exome sequencing identifies recurrent AKT1 mutations in sclerosing hemangioma of lung.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2016
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  19. Molecular characterization of pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma: analysis of 33 cases.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2016
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  20. AKT signaling in ERBB2-amplified breast cancer.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Carmela De MarcoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy.
Donatella MalangaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy.
Nicola RinaldoBIOGEM-Institute of Genetic Research, Ariano Irpino, Italy.
Fernanda De VitaBIOGEM-Institute of Genetic Research, Ariano Irpino, Italy.
Marianna ScrimaBIOGEM-Institute of Genetic Research, Ariano Irpino, Italy.
Sara LovisaExperimental Oncology 2, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy.
Linda FabrisExperimental Oncology 2, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy.
Maria Vincenza CarrieroExperimental Oncology, IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Renato FrancoExperimental Oncology, IRCCS Fondazione Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Antonia RizzutoDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" Medical School, Catanzaro, Italy.
Gustavo BaldassarreExperimental Oncology 2, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy.
Giuseppe VigliettoDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy.
Biogem · ITCentro di Riferimento Oncologico · ITIstituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" · ITMagna Graecia University · ITCentre for Cancer Biology · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hotspot E17K mutation in the pleckstrin homology domain of AKT1 occurs in approximately 0.6-2% of human lung cancers. In this manuscript, we sought to determine whether this AKT1 variant is a bona-fide activating mutation and plays a role in the development of lung cancer. Here we report that in immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B cells) mutant AKT1-E17K promotes anchorage-dependent and -independent proliferation, increases the ability to migrate, invade as well as to survive and duplicate in stressful conditions, leading to the emergency of cells endowed with the capability to form aggressive tumours at high efficiency. We provide also evidence that the molecular mechanism whereby AKT1-E17K is oncogenic in lung epithelial cells involves phosphorylation and consequent cytoplasmic delocalization of the cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) inhibitor p27. In agreement with these results, cytoplasmic p27 is preferentially observed in primary NSCLCs with activated AKT and predicts poor survival.

Indexed as

Mutation, MissenseAnimalsBlotting, WesternBronchiCell AdhesionCell LineCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Epithelial CellsHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLung NeoplasmsMice, NudeCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktAKT1-E17Khuman lung epithelial cellslung cancerp27

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PMID26053093
PMCPMC4741851
OpenAlexW1810305144

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