RAS/RAF/MEK inhibitors in oncology

P Rusconi, E Caiola, M Broggini - Current medicinal chemistry, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
… In fact activating mutations in PI3K gene or PTEN loss of function were shown to … the response
of KRAS mutant cancer cells to MEK inhibitors [84]. The concomitant inhibition of the ERK …

[HTML][HTML] STAT3 inhibitor sensitized KRAS-mutant lung cancers to RAF inhibitor by activating MEK/ERK signaling pathway

Z Wang, M Yin, P Chu, M Lou - Aging (Albany NY), 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… It is known that MEK inhibitors, such as … KRAS mutant tumor rely on MAPK signaling
pathway [7]. However, drug resistance to MEK inhibitors has been reported in cancer with KRAS

SHP2 inhibition prevents adaptive resistance to MEK inhibitors in multiple cancer models

C Fedele, H Ran, B Diskin, W Wei, J Jen, MJ Geer… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
… To more directly interrogate the effects of SHP2 inhibition on other KRAS mutants, we
used RAS-less mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF; ref. 19). As in MIAPaCa-2 cells, …

Vincristine enhances the efficacy of MEK inhibitors in preclinical models of KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer

S Ghosh, F Fan, RT Powell, J Roszik, YS Park… - Molecular cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Our unbiased preclinical studies have identified vincristine as an effective combination
partner for the MEK inhibitor trametinib and provide a novel therapeutic option to be studied in …

Assessing Therapeutic Efficacy of MEK Inhibition in a KRASG12C-Driven Mouse Model of Lung Cancer

S Li, S Liu, J Deng, EA Akbay, J Hai, C Ambrogio… - Clinical Cancer …, 2018 - AACR
… To address an unmet clinical need to compare the efficacy of MEK inhibitors against different
KRAS mutations, we used two KRAS-mutant GEMMs, KRAS G12C and Kras G12D , to test …

MCL1 inhibition enhances the therapeutic effect of MEK inhibitors in KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma cells

M Tada, T Sumi, Y Tanaka, S Hirai, M Yamaguchi… - Lung Cancer, 2019 - Elsevier
… in combination with MEK inhibitor trametinib suppressed growth or induced apoptosis in the
KRAS-mutant lung adenocarcinoma cell line H441 and EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma …

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
… or ERK (proteins in the RAS pathway) can reverse PARP inhibitor resistance in KRAS
mutant tumors. MEK and PARP inhibitors are clinically approved drugs that provide a readily …

MEK inhibitors in oncology: A patent review (2015-Present)

DK Mahapatra, V Asati, SK Bharti - Expert Opinion on Therapeutic …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… Based on the fact that KRAS mutant lung and colon cancer cell lines are unresponsive to
MEK inhibitors, and with the emergence of the proof that dual EGFR and ERBB2 inhibitor

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming resistance to dual innate immune and MEK inhibition downstream of KRAS

S Kitajima, H Asahina, T Chen, S Guo, LG Quiceno… - Cancer cell, 2018 - cell.com
… of KRAS mutant NSCLC cells with the MEK inhibitor … Given this relative resistance, we
explored whether MEK inhibitor-… cell line A549 with the MEK inhibitor trametinib, especially in …

Development of combination therapies to maximize the impact of KRAS-G12C inhibitors in lung cancer

M Molina-Arcas, C Moore, S Rana… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
… , we substituted a KRAS-G12C inhibitor, ARS-1620 (20), for the MEK inhibitor. We found …
(NSCLC) cell lines harboring KRAS mutations show an increased sensitivity to MEK and IGF1R …