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KSR induces RAS‐independent MAPK pathway activation and modulates the efficacy of KRAS inhibitors

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Paniagua, Guillem, Jacob, Harrys K.C., Brehey, Oksana, García‐Alonso, Sara, Lechuga, Carmen G., Pons, Tirso, Musteanu, Monica, Guerra, Carmen +2 more·2022·Molecular Oncology

Abstract

The kinase suppressor of rat sarcoma (RAS) proteins (KSR1 and KSR2) have long been considered as scaffolding proteins required for optimal mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway signalling. However, recent evidence suggests that they play a more complex role within this pathway. Here, we demonstrate that ectopic expression of KSR1 or KSR2 is sufficient to activate the MAPK pathway and to induce cell proliferation in the absence of RAS proteins. In contrast, the ectopic expression of KSR proteins is not sufficient to induce cell proliferation in the absence of either rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma (RAF) or MAPK‐ERK kinase proteins, indicating that they act upstream of RAF. Indeed, KSR1 requires dimerization with at least one member of the RAF family to stimulate proliferation, an event that results in the translocation of the heterodimerized RAF protein to the cell membrane. Mutations in the conserved aspartic acid–phenylalanine–glycine motif of KSR1 that affect ATP binding impair the induction of cell proliferation. We also show that increased expression levels of KSR1 decrease the responsiveness to the KRAS G12C inhibitor sotorasib in human cancer cell lines, thus suggesting that increased levels of expression of KSR may make tumour cells less dependent on KRAS oncogenic signalling.

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  • Genetic studies seeking factors that can rescue simultaneous deletion of KRAS, NRAS, and HRAS identified effector proteins including mutant RAFs, MEK, ERK, and KSR, and deletion of NF1 as capable of rescuing growth.

    “Genetic studies seeking factors that can rescue the simultaneous deletion of KRAS, NRAS, and HRAS identified effector proteins including mutant RAFs, MEK, ERK, and KSR, and the deletion of NF1 as being capable of rescuing growth [109,110].”

    From KRAS: Biology, Inhibition, and Mechanisms of Inhibitor Resistance (2024) · cites this paper as [110]

    The Results section (“KSR proteins induce RAS-independent proliferation via MAPK pathway activation”; page unavailable) reports that ectopic KSR1 or KSR2 expression restored proliferation after loss of HRAS, NRAS and KRAS. The cited paper does not establish the claimed growth rescue by mutant RAFs, MEK or ERK, or by NF1 deletion; its discussion of RAF, MEK and ERK does not demonstrate those specific rescues. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Enforced expression of KSR decreased the efficacy of sotorasib in sensitive cells.

    “Additionally, the enforced expression of KSR decreased the efficacy of sotorasib in sensitive cells [110].”

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  1. [38]Hong DS, Fakih MG, Strickler JH, Desai J, Durm GA, Shapiro GI, et al. KRASG12C inhibition with sotorasib in advanced solid tumors. New Engl J Med. 2020; 383: 1207– 17. 32955176 PMC7571518

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Authors
Paniagua, G., Jacob, H. K. C., Brehey, O., García‐Alonso, S., Lechuga, C. G., Pons, T., Musteanu, M., Guerra, C., Drosten, M., & Barbacid, M.
Affiliations
  • Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (ES)
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • Experimental Oncology Molecular Oncology Program Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) Madrid Spain
Corresponding author
  • Drosten, Matthias
  • Barbacid, Mariano
Venue
Molecular Oncology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2022-04-12
Volume
16
Issue
17
Pages
3066-3081
ISSN
  • 1574-7891 (ISSN-L)
  • 1878-0261
OpenAlex
W4220687313
Cited by
34
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 2
FWCI
2.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Molecular Oncology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (RTC2017‐6576‐1, RTI2018‐094664‐B‐I00)
  • Comunidad de Madrid (B2017/BMD‐3884 iLUNG‐CM)
  • H2020 European Research Council (ERC‐AG/695566)
  • Fundación Científica Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (GC166173694BARB)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Melanoma and MAPK Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
Keywords
KSR1, KSR2, MAPK signaling, Raf, MAPK/ERK kinase, cell proliferation, sotorasib, KRAS G12C inhibitors, drug resistance
MeSH terms
Humans, Protein Kinases, Genes, ras, Signal Transduction, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases

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