Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41556582›Full record

ArticleACS nano2026

High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy Reveals Disordered Region-Mediated Structural Plasticity of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase Fusion Proteins Induced by Inhibitors.

Xujun Han, Noriyuki Kodera, Neval Yilmaz, Katsuya Sakai, Sachiko Arai, Borui Li, Ryu Imamura, Dominic Chih-Cheng Voon, Koji Fukuda, Shigeki Nanjo and 4 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in ACS nano, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Xujun HanNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Noriyuki KoderaNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4880-8423
Neval YilmazNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Katsuya SakaiNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Sachiko AraiNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Borui LiNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Ryu ImamuraNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Dominic Chih-Cheng VoonInflammation and Cellular Plasticity Unit, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan.
Koji FukudaNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
Shigeki NanjoDivision of Medical Oncology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-0934, Japan.
Holger FlechsigNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-4984-9294
Hiroyuki ManoDivision of Cellular Signaling, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.
Kunio MatsumotoNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6532-4482
Seiji YanoNano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6151-2988

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

EML4-ALK is a key oncogenic driver in lung cancer, but variant-specific chemoresistance limits the efficacy of current ALK inhibitors. Because the N-terminus contains an intrinsically disordered region (IDR), how ALK inhibitors affect the structure and dynamics of full-length EML4-ALK remains unclear. Here, using high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), we visualize the overall structures of three full-length EML4-ALK variants (v1, v3, and v5) at the single-molecule level. We identified a transient globular subdomain (residues 191-217) within the v3 IDR that contributes to distinct oligomerization patterns. Notably, ALK inhibitors compact the IDR subdomain and reduce oligomerization, whereas this effect is abolished by the resistance mutation ALK

Indexed as

Anaplastic Lymphoma KinaseMicroscopy, Atomic ForceOncogene Proteins, FusionSerine Proteinase InhibitorsTyrosine Kinase InhibitorsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansLung NeoplasmsMutationProtein DomainsProtein MultimerizationAnaplastic Lymphoma KinaseEML4-ALK fusion protein, humanOncogene Proteins, FusionSerine Proteinase InhibitorsTyrosine Kinase InhibitorsALK inhibitorsatomic force microscopyEML4−ALK fusionfull-length structureintrinsically disordered regionsingle-molecule biophysics

Identifiers

PMID41556582
PMCPMC12875023

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.