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ArticleCell death & disease2021

Akt-mediated Ephexin1-Ras interaction promotes oncogenic Ras signaling and colorectal and lung cancer cell proliferation.

Jeeho Kim, Young Jin Jeon, Sung-Chul Lim, Joohyun Ryu, Jung-Hee Lee, In-Youb Chang, Ho Jin You

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jeeho KimLaboratory of Genomic Instability and Cancer therapeutics, Chosun University School of medicine, 375 Seosuk-Dong, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6869-3606
Young Jin JeonDepartment of Pharmacology, Chosun University School of medicine, 375 Seosuk-Dong, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea.
Sung-Chul LimDepartment of Pathology, Chosun University School of medicine, 375 Seosuk-Dong, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea.
Joohyun RyuThe Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, 801 16th Avenue NE, Austin, MN, 55912, USA.
Jung-Hee LeeLaboratory of Genomic Instability and Cancer therapeutics, Chosun University School of medicine, 375 Seosuk-Dong, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea.
In-Youb ChangDepartment of Anatomy, Chosun University School of medicine, 375 Seosuk-Dong, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea. iyjang@chosun.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-8911-7541
Ho Jin YouLaboratory of Genomic Instability and Cancer therapeutics, Chosun University School of medicine, 375 Seosuk-Dong, Gwangju, 501-759, South Korea. hjyou@chosun.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-0530-4017
Chosun University · KRUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2015R1A5A2009070National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2019R1A6A3A01092483National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2021R1A2C2005652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstrctEphexin1 was reported to be highly upregulated by oncogenic Ras, but the functional consequences of this remain poorly understood. Here, we show that Ephexin1 is highly expressed in colorectal cancer (CRC) and lung cancer (LC) patient tissues. Knockdown of Ephexin1 markedly inhibited the cell growth of CRC and LC cells with oncogenic Ras mutations. Ephexin1 contributes to the positive regulation of Ras-mediated downstream target genes and promotes Ras-induced skin tumorigenesis. Mechanically, Akt phosphorylates Ephexin1 at Ser16 and Ser18 (pSer16/18) and pSer16/18 Ephexin1 then interacts with oncogenic K-Ras to promote downstream MAPK signaling, facilitating tumorigenesis. Furthermore, pSer16/18 Ephexin1 is associated with both an increased tumor grade and metastatic cases of CRC and LC, and those that highly express pSer16/18 exhibit poor overall survival rates. These data indicate that Ephexin1 plays a critical role in the Ras-mediated CRC and LC and pSer16/18 Ephexin1 might be an effective therapeutic target for CRC and LC.

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OncogenesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsHEK293 CellsHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeGuanine Nucleotide Exchange FactorsNGEF protein, humanPhosphoserineProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktras ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID34711817
PMCPMC8553951
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