Combinatorial strategies to target RAS-driven cancers

N Perurena, L Situ, K Cichowski - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Although RAS was formerly considered undruggable, various agents that inhibit RAS or
specific RAS oncoproteins have now been developed. Indeed, the importance of directly …

Signaling from RAS to RAF: the molecules and their mechanisms

H Jeon, E Tkacik, MJ Eck - Annual Review of Biochemistry, 2024 - annualreviews.org
RAF family protein kinases are a key node in the RAS/RAF/MAP kinase pathway, the
signaling cascade that controls cellular proliferation, differentiation, and survival in response …

Scribble mis-localization induces adaptive resistance to KRAS G12C inhibitors through feedback activation of MAPK signaling mediated by YAP-induced MRAS

Y Adachi, R Kimura, K Hirade, S Yanase, Y Nishioka… - Nature Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Tumor cells evade targeted drugs by rewiring their genetic and epigenetic networks. Here,
we identified that inhibition of MAPK signaling rapidly induces an epithelial-to-mesenchymal …

Structure of the MRAS–SHOC2–PP1C phosphatase complex

ZJ Hauseman, M Fodor, A Dhembi, J Viscomi, D Egli… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
RAS–MAPK signalling is fundamental for cell proliferation and is altered in most human
cancers,–. However, our mechanistic understanding of how RAS signals through RAF is still …

Cryo-EM structure of a RAS/RAF recruitment complex

E Park, S Rawson, A Schmoker, BW Kim, S Oh… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
RAF-family kinases are activated by recruitment to the plasma membrane by GTP-bound
RAS, whereupon they initiate signaling through the MAP kinase cascade. Prior structural …

[HTML][HTML] Tandem-repeat proteins conformational mechanics are optimized to facilitate functional interactions and complexations

C Ventura, A Banerjee, M Zacharopoulou… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The architectures of tandem-repeat proteins are distinct from those of globular proteins.
Individual modules, each comprising small structural motifs of 20–40 residues, are arrayed …

[HTML][HTML] KRAS G12C-mutant driven non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

R Rosell, J Codony-Servat, J González… - Critical reviews in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract KRAS G12C mutations in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) partially respond to
KRAS G12C covalent inhibitors. However, early adaptive resistance occurs due to rewiring …

Novel RAF‐directed approaches to overcome current clinical limits and block the RAS/RAF node

R Scardaci, E Berlinska, P Scaparone… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mutations in the RAS–RAF–MEK–ERK pathway are frequent alterations in cancer and
RASopathies, and while RAS oncogene activation alone affects 19% of all patients and …

Influence of point mutations on PR65 conformational adaptability: Insights from molecular simulations and nanoaperture optical tweezers

A Banerjee, S Mathew, MM Naqvi, SZ Yilmaz… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
PR65 is the HEAT repeat scaffold subunit of the heterotrimeric protein phosphatase 2A
(PP2A) and an archetypal tandem repeat protein. Its conformational mechanics plays a …

RAS and SHOC2 Roles in RAF Activation and Therapeutic Considerations

DA Bonsor, DK Simanshu - Annual Review of Cancer Biology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Mutations in RAS proteins play a pivotal role in the development of human cancers, driving
persistent RAF activation and deregulating the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) …