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ArticleClinical and translational medicine2025

BRAF

Solomon O Alhassan, Zakaria Y Abd Elmageed, Youssef Errami, Guangdi Wang, Joe A Abi-Rached, Emad Kandil, Mourad Zerfaoui

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Article in Clinical and translational medicine, 2025. 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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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Development of PROTACs for targeted degradation of oncogenic TRK fusions.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  8. BRAFClinical and translational medicine · 2025
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7 authors.

Solomon O AlhassanDepartment of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center Magnolia Campus, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Zakaria Y Abd ElmageedDepartment of Pharmacology, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana, USA.
Youssef ErramiDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, La Jolla, California, USA.
Guangdi WangRCMI Cancer Research Center and Department of Chemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Joe A Abi-RachedTulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Emad KandilTulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Mourad ZerfaouiCenter for ViroScience and Cure, Department of Pediatrics, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8511-8934

Funding

NIH HHS NIH/NIGMS P30GM1017640NIH/NIGMS P30GM1017640
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThis study compares the suppression of Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling and early resistance potential between a proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) and inhibitors targeting BRAF

methodsWe performed a detailed in silico analysis of the transcriptomic landscape of the A375 melanoma cell line treated with a PROTAC and BRAF

resultsPROTAC-treated cells showed significantly lower MAPK pathway activity, strong cell cycle arrest and elevated apoptotic gene expression compared to inhibitor-treated cells, with no effect on the PI3K/AKT pathway. A high microphtalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF)/Tyrosine-Protein Kinase Receptor (AXL) ratio in PROTAC-treated cells indicated reduced early drug resistance. BRAF degradation induced a melanocytic-transitory phenotype. Although PROTAC and inhibitor treatments caused overlapping transcriptomic changes, key differences were observed. PROTAC treatment enriched processes such as epithelial‒mesenchymal transition, inflammatory responses, and Tumor necrosis factor-Alpha (TNF-α) and IL2/STAT5 signalling.

conclusionPROTAC-targeting BRAF

Indexed as

MelanomaProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafCell Line, TumorHumansTranscriptomeBRAF protein, humanProtein Kinase InhibitorsProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafBRAFV600Edifferentiation stateMAPK pathwaymelanomaMITFPROTAC

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PMID40045459
PMCPMC11882472

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