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ArticleMetabolites2022

Regulation and Therapeutic Targeting of MTHFD2 and EZH2 in KRAS-Mutated Human Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma.

Yuchan Li, Omar Elakad, Sha Yao, Alexander von Hammerstein-Equord, Marc Hinterthaner, Bernhard C Danner, Carmelo Ferrai, Philipp Ströbel, Stefan Küffer, Hanibal Bohnenberger

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Article in Metabolites, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuchan LiInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Omar ElakadInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Sha YaoInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Alexander von Hammerstein-EquordDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Marc HinterthanerDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Bernhard C DannerDepartment of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Carmelo FerraiInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Philipp StröbelInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Stefan KüfferInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8443-601X
Hanibal BohnenbergerInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1038-1030
Central South University · CNGoethe University Frankfurt · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Activating KRAS mutations occur in about 30% of pulmonary adenocarcinoma (AC) cases and the discovery of specific inhibitors of G12C-mutated KRAS has considerably improved the prognosis for a subgroup of about 14% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, even in patients with a KRAS G12C mutation, the overall response rate only reaches about 40% and mutations other than G12C still cannot be targeted. Despite the fact that one-carbon metabolism (1CM) and epigenetic regulation are known to be dysregulated by aberrant KRAS activity, we still lack evidence that co-treatment with drugs that regulate these factors might ameliorate response rates and patient prognosis. In this study, we show a direct dependency of Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 (MTHFD2) and Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) expression on mutationally activated KRAS and their prognostic relevance in KRAS-mutated AC. We show that aberrant KRAS activity generates a vulnerability of AC cancer cell lines to both MTHFD2 and EZH2 inhibitors. Importantly, co-inhibition of both factors was synergistically effective and comparable to KRASG12C inhibition alone, paving the way for their use in a therapeutic approach for NSCLC cancer patients.

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EZH2KRASMTHFD2one-carbon metabolismpulmonary adenocarcinoma

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PMID35888776
PMCPMC9324032
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