YES1 Drives Lung Cancer Growth and Progression and Predicts Sensitivity to Dasatinib.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
; 200(7): 888-899, 2019 10 01.
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ABSTRACT
Rationale The characterization of new genetic alterations is essential to assign effective personalized therapies in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Furthermore, finding stratification biomarkers is essential for successful personalized therapies. Molecular alterations of YES1, a member of the SRC (proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src) family kinases (SFKs), can be found in a significant subset of patients with lung cancer.Objectives:
To evaluate YES1 (v-YES-1 Yamaguchi sarcoma viral oncogene homolog 1) genetic alteration as a therapeutic target and predictive biomarker of response to dasatinib in NSCLC.Methods:
Functional significance was evaluated by in vivo models of NSCLC and metastasis and patient-derived xenografts. The efficacy of pharmacological and genetic (CRISPR [clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats]/Cas9 [CRISPR-associated protein 9]) YES1 abrogation was also evaluated. In vitro functional assays for signaling, survival, and invasion were also performed. The association between YES1 alterations and prognosis was evaluated in clinical samples.Measurements and MainResults:
We demonstrated that YES1 is essential for NSCLC carcinogenesis. Furthermore, YES1 overexpression induced metastatic spread in preclinical in vivo models. YES1 genetic depletion by CRISPR/Cas9 technology significantly reduced tumor growth and metastasis. YES1 effects were mainly driven by mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling. Interestingly, cell lines and patient-derived xenograft models with YES1 gene amplifications presented a high sensitivity to dasatinib, an SFK inhibitor, pointing out YES1 status as a stratification biomarker for dasatinib response. Moreover, high YES1 protein expression was an independent predictor for poor prognosis in patients with lung cancer.Conclusions:
YES1 is a promising therapeutic target in lung cancer. Our results provide support for the clinical evaluation of dasatinib treatment in a selected subset of patients using YES1 status as predictive biomarker for therapy.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
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Cell Proliferation
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-yes
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Dasatinib
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Lung Neoplasms
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Antineoplastic Agents
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
Journal subject:
TERAPIA INTENSIVA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain