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Oncogenic KRAS-Driven Metabolic Reprogramming in Pancreatic Cancer Cells Utilizes Cytokines from the Tumor Microenvironment

Dey, Prasenjit, Li, Jun, Zhang, Jianhua, Chaurasiya, Surendra, Strom, Anders, Wang, Huamin, Liao, Wen-Ting, Cavallaro, Frederick +19 more·2020·Cancer Discovery

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Abstract

A hallmark of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an exuberant stroma comprised of diverse cell types that enable or suppress tumor progression. Here, we explored the role of oncogenic KRAS in protumorigenic signaling interactions between cancer cells and host cells. We show that KRAS mutation (KRAS*) drives cell-autonomous expression of type I cytokine receptor complexes (IL2rγ–IL4rα and IL2rγ–IL13rα1) in cancer cells that in turn are capable of receiving cytokine growth signals (IL4 or IL13) provided by invading Th2 cells in the microenvironment. Early neoplastic lesions show close proximity of cancer cells harboring KRAS* and Th2 cells producing IL4 and IL13. Activated IL2rγ–IL4rα and IL2rγ–IL13rα1 receptors signal primarily via JAK1–STAT6. Integrated transcriptomic, chromatin occupancy, and metabolomic studies identified MYC as a direct target of activated STAT6 and that MYC drives glycolysis. Thus, paracrine signaling in the tumor microenvironment plays a key role in the KRAS*-driven metabolic reprogramming of PDAC. Significance: Type II cytokines, secreted by Th2 cells in the tumor microenvironment, can stimulate cancer cell–intrinsic MYC transcriptional upregulation to drive glycolysis. This KRAS*-driven heterotypic signaling circuit in the early and advanced tumor microenvironment enables cooperative protumorigenic interactions, providing candidate therapeutic targets in the KRAS* pathway for this intractable disease.

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  • In KRASG12D-driven PDAC mouse models, immune suppressive cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 and remodeling of myeloid cell composition in the tumor microenvironment have been demonstrated.

    “In a KRASG12D mutation driven PDAC mice model, immune suppressive cytokines IL-4 and IL-13 and remodeling of the myeloid cell composition in TME have been demonstrated40,41.”

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Authors
Dey, P., Li, J., Zhang, J., Chaurasiya, S., Strom, A., Wang, H., Liao, W.-T., Cavallaro, F., Denz, P., Bernard, V., Yen, E.-Y., Genovese, G., Gulhati, P., Liu, J., Chakravarti, D., Deng, P., Zhang, T., Carbone, F., Chang, Q., Ying, H., Shang, X., Spring, D. J., Ghosh, B., Putluri, N., Maitra, A., Wang, Y. A., & DePinho, R. A.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
  • University of Houston (US)
  • 3Center for Nuclear Receptor and Cell Signaling, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
  • 1Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
DePinho, Ronald A.
Venue
Cancer Discovery
Published
2020-04-01
Volume
10
Issue
4
Pages
608-625
ISSN
  • 2159-8274 (ISSN-L)
  • 2159-8290
OpenAlex
W3006227213
Cited by
213
References
65
Citations by year
2026: 30 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 8
FWCI
10.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cancer Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • MD Anderson (P30CA16672)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (P30CA125123)
  • CPRIT (RP170005, RP140106170067, 170067)
  • NCI (P01 CA117969, R01 CA225955)
  • DOD (W81XWH-14-1-0429, K99/R00, 1K99 CA218891-01A1, U24 CA224020, R01 CA218004, R01 CA304969)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
Keywords
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, oncogenic KRAS, tumor microenvironment, metabolic reprogramming, glycolysis, c-Myc, STAT6, IL-4, IL-13, Th2 cells, paracrine signaling, tumor stroma
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Oncogenes, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Transfection, Cytokines, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Mice, Tumor Microenvironment, Cellular Reprogramming

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