PI3K and MEK inhibitor combinations: examining the evidence in selected tumor types

CD Britten - Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 2013 - Springer
… in some RAS-mutant cancers, sensitivity to MEK inhibitors … combined MEK and PI3K inhibition
will be required to instigate or maintain a pro-apoptotic effect in KRAS-mutant colon cancer

[HTML][HTML] Combined MEK and ERK inhibition overcomes therapy-mediated pathway reactivation in RAS mutant tumors

M Merchant, J Moffat, G Schaefer, J Chan, X Wang… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
… dissociated from RAS and thus feedback productivity is disabled. We discovered that pathway
reactivation in RAS mutant models occurs at the level of CRAF with combination treatment …

Molecular Pathways: The Basis for Rational Combination Using MEK Inhibitors in KRAS-Mutant Cancers

S Okumura, PA Jänne - Clinical cancer research, 2014 - AACR
… therapeutic target in the RAS-mutant cancers. MEK inhibitors can specifically block the
pathway and are one of the key types of drugs for the treatment of the RAS-mutant cancers. As …

[HTML][HTML] MEK inhibitor resistance mechanisms and recent developments in combination trials

E Kun, YTM Tsang, CW Ng, DM Gershenson… - Cancer treatment …, 2021 - Elsevier
… In this study of KRAS-mutant lung cancer models, combining MEK inhibition with …
additionally, studies treating RAS mutant cancer cell lines by combining MEKi with PARP …

Rational combination therapy with PARP and MEK inhibitors capitalizes on therapeutic liabilities in RAS mutant cancers

C Sun, Y Fang, J Yin, J Chen, Z Ju, D Zhang… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
… These studies led to the serendipitous observation that RAS mutant cell lines … MEK or ERK
inhibition. We subsequently demonstrated that MEK inhibitors (MEKis) sensitize RAS mutant

[HTML][HTML] Combination of pan-RAF and MEK inhibitors in NRAS mutant melanoma

M Atefi, B Titz, E Avramis, C Ng, DJL Wong, A Lassen… - Molecular cancer, 2015 - Springer
… It is necessary to consider that: i) RAS mutants are less sensitive to the MEK inhibitors in
comparison to the BRAF mutant melanomas [14]; ii) NRAS mutants exhibit paradoxical …

Combined targeting of MEK and PI3K/mTOR effector pathways is necessary to effectively inhibit NRAS mutant melanoma in vitro and in vivo

C Posch, H Moslehi, L Feeney… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
mutations in the RAS pathway respond to MEK inhibitors; however, in melanoma, this is
especially true for RAF mutant tumors … NRAS mutant melanoma cell lines are sensitive to MEK

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of the combination of MEK and CDK4/6 inhibitors in vitro and in vivo in KRAS mutant colorectal cancer models

MS Lee, TL Helms, N Feng, J Gay, QE Chang, F Tian… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… of combination MEK and CDK4/6 inhibitors in RAS-mutant … the combination of palbociclib
and trametinib in KRAS-mutant … with the combination of CDK4/6 and MEK inhibitors in a …

[HTML][HTML] RAF suppression synergizes with MEK inhibition in KRAS mutant cancer cells

S Lamba, M Russo, C Sun, L Lazzari, C Cancelliere… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
… We reasoned that MEK inhibition could initiate a feedback loop involving RAScombined
RAF and MEK inhibition could be effective also in other cancer types bearing KRAS mutations. …

[HTML][HTML] Combination therapies to inhibit the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway in melanoma: we are not done yet

GA McArthur - Frontiers in oncology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
mutant BRAF monomers potently inhibit RAF/MEK/ERK signaling. However, in the setting of
upstream activation of RAS (eg, mutant … whose tumors contain activating mutations in BRAF. …