Targeting aberrant RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK signaling for cancer therapy

U Degirmenci, M Wang, J Hu - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK (MAPK) signaling cascade is essential for cell inter-and intra-
cellular communication, which regulates fundamental cell functions such as growth, survival …

Negative feedback regulation of the ERK1/2 MAPK pathway

D Lake, SAL Corrêa, J Müller - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2016 - Springer
The extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) mitogen-activated protein kinase
(MAPK) signalling pathway regulates many cellular functions, including proliferation …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting RAS–RAF–MEK–ERK signaling pathway in human cancer: current status in clinical trials

Y Song, Z Bi, Y Liu, F Qin, Y Wei, X Wei - Genes & diseases, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular target inhibitors have been regularly approved by Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) for tumor treatment, and most of them intervene in tumor cell proliferation and …

[HTML][HTML] Receptor-driven ERK pulses reconfigure MAPK signaling and enable persistence of drug-adapted BRAF-mutant melanoma cells

L Gerosa, C Chidley, F Fröhlich, G Sanchez, SK Lim… - Cell systems, 2020 - cell.com
Targeted inhibition of oncogenic pathways can be highly effective in halting the rapid growth
of tumors but often leads to the emergence of slowly dividing persister cells, which constitute …

Tissue-Specific Oncogenic Activity of KRASA146T

EJ Poulin, AK Bera, J Lu, YJ Lin, SD Strasser, JA Paulo… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene. The incidence of specific KRAS alleles
varies between cancers from different sites, but it is unclear whether allelic selection results …

Structure-Based Optimization of Covalent, Small-Molecule Stabilizers of the 14-3-3σ/ERα Protein–Protein Interaction from Nonselective Fragments

M Konstantinidou, EJ Visser… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The stabilization of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) has emerged as a promising strategy
in chemical biology and drug discovery. The identification of suitable starting points for …

Cell Type–specific Adaptive Signaling Responses to KRASG12C Inhibition

HS Solanki, EA Welsh, B Fang, V Izumi, L Darville… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: Covalent inhibitors of KRASG12C specifically target tumors driven by this form of
mutant KRAS, yet early studies show that bypass signaling drives adaptive resistance …

A systematic approach to the discovery of protein–protein interaction stabilizers

DN Kenanova, EJ Visser, JM Virta, E Sijbesma… - ACS central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Dysregulation of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) commonly leads to disease. PPI
stabilization has only recently been systematically explored for drug discovery despite being …

[HTML][HTML] SOS GEFs in health and disease

FC Baltanás, N Zarich, JM Rojas-Cabañeros… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2020 - Elsevier
SOS1 and SOS2 are the most universal and widely expressed family of guanine exchange
factors (GEFs) capable or activating RAS or RAC1 proteins in metazoan cells. SOS proteins …

Inhibition of RAF dimers: it takes two to tango

FA Cook, SJ Cook - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The RAS-regulated RAF–MEK1/2–ERK1/2 pathway promotes cell proliferation and survival
and RAS and BRAF proteins are commonly mutated in cancer. This has fuelled the …