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ArticleiScience2025

Functional-proteomics-based investigation of the cellular response to farnesyltransferase inhibition in lung cancer.

Yanbo Pan, Olena Berkovska, Soumitra Marathe, Georgios Mermelekas, Greta Gudoityte, Amare D Wolide, Taner Arslan, Brinton Seashore-Ludlow, Janne Lehtiö, Lukas M Orre

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Article in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Renaissance of farnesyltransferase inhibitors in cancer.Journal of translational medicine · 2026
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  7. ACS chemical biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yanbo PanSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
Olena BerkovskaSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
Soumitra MaratheSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
Georgios MermelekasSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
Greta GudoityteSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
Amare D WolideSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
Taner ArslanSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
Brinton Seashore-LudlowSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
Janne LehtiöSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.
Lukas M OrreSciLifeLab, Department of Oncology and Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 17165 Solna, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Farnesylation is a lipid post-translational modification of proteins crucial for protein membrane anchoring and cellular signaling. Farnesyltransferase inhibitors (FTIs), such as tipifarnib, are being tested in cancer therapy. However, the full impact of FTIs on farnesylation substrates remains poorly understood, thus limiting their use in precision medicine. In this study, we performed a global proteomics analysis to investigate farnesylation and the effects of tipifarnib in lung cancer cell lines. Using metabolic labeling and mass spectrometry, we identified farnesylated proteins and mapped their subcellular localization. We also analyzed tipifarnib-dependent protein relocalization and proteome-wide changes. Key findings include the potential therapeutic value of FTIs for NRAS-mutated melanoma and GNAQ/GNA11-mutated uveal melanoma by inhibiting INPP5A farnesylation. Additionally, we identified a synergistic drug combination involving tipifarnib and a ferroptosis inducer and discovered PTP4A1 as a regulator of interferon signaling. Our data, covering 15,080 proteins, offer valuable insights for future studies of farnesylation and FTIs.

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CancerCell biologyProteomics

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PMID39995872
PMCPMC11848503

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