A TAZ-AXL-ABL2 Feed-Forward Signaling Axis Promotes Lung Adenocarcinoma Brain Metastasis.
Cell Rep
; 29(11): 3421-3434.e8, 2019 12 10.
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| ID: mdl-31825826
ABSTRACT
Brain metastases are a common consequence of advanced lung cancer, resulting in cranial neuropathies and increased mortality. Currently, there are no effective therapies to treat brain metastases due to a lack of actionable targets and a failure of systemic therapies to penetrate the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Here we identify an autocrine signaling axis required for lung adenocarcinoma brain metastasis, whereby nuclear accumulation of the TAZ transcriptional co-activator drives expression of a panel of transcripts enriched in brain metastases, including ABL2 and AXL, encoding for protein tyrosine kinases that engage in bidirectional signaling. Activation of ABL2 in turn promotes TAZ tyrosine phosphorylation and nuclear localization, establishing an autocrine AXL-ABL2-TAZ feed-forward signaling loop required for brain metastasis colonization. Notably, treatment with a BBB-penetrant ABL allosteric inhibitor or knockdown of ABL2, AXL, or TAZ markedly decreases brain metastases. These findings suggest that ABL and AXL inhibitors might be effective against brain metastases.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Transcription Factors
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Brain Neoplasms
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Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins
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Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
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Adenocarcinoma of Lung
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Cell Rep
Year:
2019
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Article
Affiliation country:
United States