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van den Bulk J, Verdegaal EM, van der Ploeg M, Visser M, Nunes JB, de Ru AH, Tjokrodirijo RT, Ijsselsteijn ME, Janssen NI, van der Breggen R, de Bruin L, de Kok P, Janssen GM, Ruano D, Kapiteijn EH, van Veelen PA, de Miranda NF, van der Burg SH. Neoantigen Targetability in Progressive Advanced Melanoma. Clin Cancer Res 2023; 29:4278-4288. [PMID: 37540567 PMCID: PMC10570682 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-23-1106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE The availability of (neo)antigens and the infiltration of tumors by (neo)antigen-specific T cells are crucial factors in cancer immunotherapy. In this study, we aimed to investigate the targetability of (neo)antigens in advanced progessive melanoma and explore the potential for continued T-cell-based immunotherapy. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We examined a cohort of eight patients with melanoma who had sequential metastases resected at early and later time points. Antigen-presenting capacity was assessed using IHC and flow cytometry. T-cell infiltration was quantified through multiplex immunofluorescence. Whole-exome and RNA sequencing were conducted to identify neoantigens and assess the expression of neoantigens and tumor-associated antigens. Mass spectrometry was used to evaluate antigen presentation. Tumor recognition by autologous T cells was assessed by coculture assays with cell lines derived from the metastatic lesions. RESULTS We observed similar T-cell infiltration in paired early and later metastatic (LM) lesions. Although elements of the antigen-presenting machinery were affected in some LM lesions, both the early and later metastasis-derived cell lines were recognized by autologous T cells. At the genomic level, the (neo)antigen landscape was dynamic, but the (neo)antigen load was stable between paired lesions. CONCLUSIONS Our findings indicate that subsequently isolated tumors from patients with late-stage melanoma retain sufficient antigen-presenting capacity, T-cell infiltration, and a stable (neo)antigen load, allowing recognition of tumor cells by T cells. This indicates a continuous availability of T-cell targets in metastases occurring at different time points and supports further exploration of (neo)antigen-specific T-cell-based therapeutic approaches for advanced melanoma.
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- Jitske van den Bulk
- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Center of Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Center of Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Center of Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Center of Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Lau SP, Klaase L, Vink M, Dumas J, Bezemer K, van Krimpen A, van der Breggen R, Wismans LV, Doukas M, de Koning W, Stubbs AP, Mustafa DAM, Vroman H, Stadhouders R, Nunes JB, Stingl C, de Miranda NFCC, Luider TM, van der Burg SH, Aerts JG, van Eijck CHJ. Autologous dendritic cells pulsed with allogeneic tumour cell lysate induce tumour-reactive T-cell responses in patients with pancreatic cancer: A phase I study. Eur J Cancer 2022; 169:20-31. [PMID: 35490565 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is notorious for its poor prognosis even after curative resection. Responses to immunotherapy are rare and related to inadequate T-cell priming. We previously demonstrated the potency of allogeneic lysate-dendritic cell (DC) vaccination in a preclinical model. Here we translate this concept to patients. METHODS In this phase I study, patients with resected PDAC were included when they demonstrated no radiologic signs of recurrence after standard-of-care treatment. Allogeneic tumour lysate-loaded autologous monocyte-derived DCs were injected at weeks 0, 2, 4 and at months 3 and 6. Objectives are feasibility, safety and immunogenicity of allogeneic tumour-DCs. The presence of tumour antigens shared between the vaccine and patient tumours was investigated. Immunological analyses were performed on peripheral blood, skin and tumour. RESULTS Ten patients were included. DC production and administration were successful. All patients experienced a grade 1 injection-site and infusion-related reaction. Two patients experienced a grade 2 fever and 1 patient experienced a grade 3 dyspnoea. No vaccine-related serious adverse events were observed. Shared tumour antigens were found between the vaccine and patient tumours. All evaluated patients displayed a vaccine-induced response indicated by increased frequencies of Ki67+ and activated PD-1+ circulating T-cells. In addition, treatment-induced T-cell reactivity to autologous tumour of study patients was detected. Seven out of ten patients have not experienced disease recurrence or progression at a median follow-up of 25 months (15-32 months). CONCLUSION Allogeneic tumour lysate-DC treatment is feasible, safe and induces immune reactivity to PDAC expressed antigens.
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- S P Lau
- Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, The Tumor Immuno-Pathology Laboratory, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Amphera B.V., Onderwijsboulevard 225, 5223DE, 'S-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300RC, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, The Tumor Immuno-Pathology Laboratory, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Pathology, Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Clinical Bioinformatics Unit, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, The Tumor Immuno-Pathology Laboratory, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300RC, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical and Cancer Proteomics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300RC, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical and Cancer Proteomics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9600, 2300RC, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, 'S-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015CE, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Gomes AP, Ilter D, Low V, Drapela S, Schild T, Mullarky E, Han J, Elia I, Broekaert D, Rosenzweig A, Nagiec M, Nunes JB, Schaffer BE, Mutvei AP, Asara JM, Cantley LC, Fendt SM, Blenis J. Altered propionate metabolism contributes to tumour progression and aggressiveness. Nat Metab 2022; 4:435-443. [PMID: 35361954 PMCID: PMC9050834 DOI: 10.1038/s42255-022-00553-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
The alteration of metabolic pathways is a critical strategy for cancer cells to attain the traits necessary for metastasis in disease progression. Here, we find that dysregulation of propionate metabolism produces a pro-aggressive signature in breast and lung cancer cells, increasing their metastatic potential. This occurs through the downregulation of methylmalonyl coenzyme A epimerase (MCEE), mediated by an extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2-driven transcription factor Sp1/early growth response protein 1 transcriptional switch driven by metastatic signalling at its promoter level. The loss of MCEE results in reduced propionate-driven anaplerotic flux and intracellular and intratumoral accumulation of methylmalonic acid, a by-product of propionate metabolism that promotes cancer cell invasiveness. Altogether, we present a previously uncharacterized dysregulation of propionate metabolism as an important contributor to cancer and a valuable potential target in the therapeutic treatment of metastatic carcinomas.
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- Ana P Gomes
- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute, Leuven, Belgium
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute, Leuven, Belgium
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- Meyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
- Department of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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There is major interest in understanding the role of the tumor microenvironment in immune escape. In a recent report, Marijt et al. shed light on the signaling cascade that leads to decreased surface expression of MHC class I by tumor cells triggered by low oxygen and glucose availability, revealing new opportunities for therapeutic intervention.
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- Joana B Nunes
- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Oliveira P, Carvalho J, Rocha S, Azevedo M, Vieira AF, Ferreira D, Mendes N, Reis I, Vinagre J, Heravi-Moussavi A, Nunes JB, Lima J, Máximo V, Burleigh A, Roskelley C, Paredes J, Carneiro F, Huntsman D, Oliveira C. Abstract 1611: Epithelial-mesenchymal-epithelial transition induced by long term exposure to TGFB1 creates cellular heterogeneity. Cancer Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2016-1611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Reversible and dynamic transitions between epithelial and mesenchymal cellular states (EMT/MET) contribute to cancer progression and dissemination. Whereas EMT facilitates initial steps of tumour cell detachment, MET is likely required for colonization at distant sites. Although MET is generally perceived as mirroring EMT, we hypothesize that MET entails its own set of novel and/or differentially active molecular circuitries, generating cells with features distinct from the original epithelial state.
Using an in vitro TGFβ1-induced EMT/MET model, we demonstrated that MET generates co-existing heterogeneous cell populations (Reverted-Epithelial or RE-cells) with novel phenotypic and functional properties, such as increased self-renewal, in vivo increased tumourigenicity and distinct chemoresistance properties.
Overall, our results indicate that MET is a permissive process, driving cellular plasticity towards heterogeneity and with it, creating novel biological signatures of relevance for cancer growth.
Citation Format: Patricia Oliveira, Joana Carvalho, Sara Rocha, Mafalda Azevedo, Andre F. Vieira, Daniel Ferreira, Nuno Mendes, Ines Reis, Joao Vinagre, Alireza Heravi-Moussavi, Joana B. Nunes, Jorge Lima, Valdemar Máximo, Angela Burleigh, Calvin Roskelley, Joana Paredes, Fatima Carneiro, David Huntsman, Carla Oliveira. Epithelial-mesenchymal-epithelial transition induced by long term exposure to TGFB1 creates cellular heterogeneity. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2016 Apr 16-20; New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(14 Suppl):Abstract nr 1611.
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Martins RG, Nunes JB, Máximo V, Soares P, Peixoto J, Catarino T, Rito T, Soares P, Pereira L, Sobrinho-Simões M, Santos AP, Couto J, Henrique R, Matos-Loureiro J, Dias P, Torres I, Lima J. A founder SDHB mutation in Portuguese paraganglioma patients. Endocr Relat Cancer 2013; 20:L23-6. [PMID: 24092654 DOI: 10.1530/erc-12-0399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Raquel G Martins
- IPATIMUP (Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology of the University of Porto), Rua Dr Roberto Frias s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal Medical Faculty of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal Department of Endocrinology, Portuguese Oncology Institute, Porto, Portugal Department of Pathology, Hospital S. João, Porto, Portugal Department of Pathology, Portuguese Oncology Institute, Porto, Portugal
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Pópulo H, Tavares S, Faustino A, Nunes JB, Lopes JM, Soares P. GNAQ and BRAF mutations show differential activation of the mTOR pathway in human transformed cells. PeerJ 2013; 1:e104. [PMID: 23904987 PMCID: PMC3728761 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Accepted: 06/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Somatic mutations in GNAQ gene were described as being the main oncogenic activation in uveal melanomas, whereas mutations in BRAF gene have been described as a key genetic alteration that contributes to skin melanoma development. We have previously reported differential activation of the MAPK and AKT/mTOR signalling pathways in uveal and skin melanomas harbouring, respectively, GNAQ and BRAF mutations. The aim of this work was to compare the functional effect of GNAQ and BRAF mutations in mTOR and MAPK pathway activation, cell proliferation and apoptosis. In this work, we performed transient transfection of HEK293 cells with BRAFWT, BRAFV 600E, GNAQWT, GNAQQ209P and GNAQQ209L vectors. We treated melanoma cell lines displaying different BRAF and GNAQ mutational status with the mTOR inhibitor RAD001 and with the MEK1/2 inhibitor U0126 and evaluated the effects in the growth of the cell lines and in mTOR and MAPK pathway effectors expression. At variance with the significant increase in the level of pmTOR Ser2448 and pS6 Ser235/236 proteins observed in cells transfected with BRAF vectors, no significant alteration in mTOR pathway effectors was observed in cells transfected with the three GNAQ expressing vectors. Also, GNAQ overexpression enhances Stat3 activation, which might mediate GNAQ oncogenic effects. None of the vectors led to significant differences in proliferation or apoptosis in the transfected cell lines. Cell lines harbouring a BRAF mutation were more sensitive to RAD001 treatment. U0126 leads to the reduction of MAPK and mTOR pathways activation in all cell lines tested. Our results indicate that GNAQ and BRAF activation drive distinct intracellular signalling pathways that may be useful for therapeutic decisions in human melanomas.
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- Helena Pópulo
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology, University of Porto , Porto , Portugal
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