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0000-0003-0582-1863
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University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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Merck KGaA
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Publisher: American Society for Clinical Investigation
Date: 22-12-2022
DOI: 10.1172/JCI.INSIGHT.156087
Abstract: Metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCC) are resistant to DNA damaging chemotherapies, limiting therapeutic options for patients whose tumours are resistant to tyrosine kinase inhibitors and/or immune checkpoint therapies. Here we show that mouse and human ccRCC are frequently characterised by high levels of endogenous DNA damage and that cultured ccRCC cells exhibit intact cellular responses to chemotherapy-induced DNA damage. We identify that pharmacological inhibition of the DNA damage sensing kinase ATR with the orally administered, potent and selective drug M4344 (also called gartisertib) induces anti-proliferative effects in ccRCC cells due to replication stress and the accumulation of DNA damage in S phase. In some cells, DNA damage persists into subsequent G2/M and G1 phases, leading to the frequent accumulation of micronuclei. Daily single agent treatment with M4344 inhibited the growth of ccRCC xenograft tumours. M4344 synergises with chemotherapeutic drugs including cisplatin and carboplatin and the PARP inhibitor olaparib in mouse and human ccRCC cells. Weekly M4344 plus cisplatin treatment showed in vivo therapeutic synergy in ccRCC xenografts and was efficacious in an autochthonous mouse ccRCC model. These studies identify ATR inhibition as a potential novel therapeutic option for ccRCC.
Publisher: EMBO
Date: 22-04-2013
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 05-10-2017
Publisher: American Society for Clinical Investigation
Date: 09-03-2015
DOI: 10.1172/JCI79743
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date: 13-04-2021
Abstract: Oncogenic mutations in RAS family genes arise frequently in metastatic human cancers. Here we developed new mouse and cellular models of oncogenic HrasG12V-driven undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma metastasis and of KrasG12D-driven pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma metastasis. Through analyses of these cells and of human oncogenic KRAS-, NRAS- and BRAF-driven cancer cell lines we identified that resistance to single MEK inhibitor and ERK inhibitor treatments arise rapidly but combination therapy completely blocks the emergence of resistance. The prior evolution of resistance to either single agent frequently leads to resistance to dual treatment. Dual MEK inhibitor plus ERK inhibitor therapy shows anti-tumor efficacy in an HrasG12V-driven autochthonous sarcoma model but features of drug resistance in vivo were also evident. Array-based kinome activity profiling revealed an absence of common patterns of signaling rewiring in single or double MEK and ERK inhibitor resistant cells, showing that the development of resistance to downstream signaling inhibition in oncogenic RAS-driven tumors represents a heterogeneous process. Nonetheless, in some single and double MEK and ERK inhibitor resistant cell lines we identified newly acquired drug sensitivities. These may represent additional therapeutic targets in oncogenic RAS-driven tumors and provide general proof-of-principle that therapeutic vulnerabilities of drug resistant cells can be identified.
Publisher: Impact Journals, LLC
Date: 13-04-2018
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