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ArticleNature communications2020

Combating acquired resistance to MAPK inhibitors in melanoma by targeting Abl1/2-mediated reactivation of MEK/ERK/MYC signaling.

Rakshamani Tripathi, Zulong Liu, Aditi Jain, Anastasia Lyon, Christina Meeks, Dana Richards, Jinpeng Liu, Daheng He, Chi Wang, Marika Nespi and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rakshamani TripathiDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9394-1173
Zulong LiuDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
Aditi JainDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
Anastasia LyonDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
Christina MeeksDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
Dana RichardsDepartment of Pathology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
Jinpeng LiuBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource Facility, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
Daheng HeBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource Facility, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
Chi WangBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource Facility, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA.
Marika NespiPlexxikon Inc., Berkeley, CA, 94710, USA.
Andrey RymarPlexxikon Inc., Berkeley, CA, 94710, USA.
Peng WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA.
Melissa WilsonDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5391-7838
Rina PlattnerDepartment of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA. rplat2@uky.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9728-3224
University of Kentucky · USPlexxikon (United States)Thomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Support Grant ECIA SupplementP30CA177558 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI Bernard Mark Evers · 2013 to 2026
$38.3M
Targeting Abl kinases in BRAF-driven melanomasR01CA211137 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI PLATTNER, RINA · 2018 to 2022
$1.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA177558NCI NIH HHS R01 CA211137
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic melanoma remains an incurable disease for many patients due to the limited success of targeted and immunotherapies. BRAF and MEK inhibitors reduce metastatic burden for patients with melanomas harboring BRAF mutations; however, most eventually relapse due to acquired resistance. Here, we demonstrate that ABL1/2 kinase activities and/or expression are potentiated in cell lines and patient samples following resistance, and ABL1/2 drive BRAF and BRAF/MEK inhibitor resistance by inducing reactivation of MEK/ERK/MYC signaling. Silencing/inhibiting ABL1/2 blocks pathway reactivation, and resensitizes resistant cells to BRAF/MEK inhibitors, whereas expression of constitutively active ABL1/2 is sufficient to promote resistance. Significantly, nilotinib (2

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Cell Line, TumorDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMelanomaMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesMutationProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-ablPyrimidinesABL1 protein, humanARG tyrosine kinaseMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase KinasesnilotinibProtein Kinase InhibitorsProtein-Tyrosine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-ablPyrimidines

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PMID33122628
PMCPMC7596241
OpenAlexW3097126295

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