TY - JOUR
T1 - Tumor intrinsic efficacy by SHP2 and RTK inhibitors in KRAS-mutant cancers
AU - Hao, Huai Xiang
AU - Wang, Hongyun
AU - Liu, Chen
AU - Kovats, Steven
AU - Velazquez, Roberto
AU - Lu, Hengyu
AU - Pant, Bhavesh
AU - Shirley, Matthew
AU - Meyer, Matthew J.
AU - Pu, Minying
AU - Lim, Joanne
AU - Fleming, Michael
AU - Alexander, Leigh Ann
AU - Farsidjani, Ali
AU - LaMarche, Matthew J.
AU - Moody, Susan
AU - Silver, Serena J.
AU - Caponigro, Giordano
AU - Stuart, Darrin D.
AU - Abrams, Tinya J.
AU - Hammerman, Peter S.
AU - Williams, Juliet
AU - Engelman, Jeffrey A.
AU - Goldoni, Silvia
AU - Mohseni, Morvarid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Association for Cancer Research.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - KRAS, an oncogene mutated in nearly one third of human cancers, remains a pharmacologic challenge for direct inhibition except for recent advances in selective inhibitors targeting the G12C variant. Here, we report that selective inhibition of the protein tyrosine phosphatase, SHP2, can impair the proliferation of KRAS-mutant cancer cells in vitro and in vivo using cell line xenografts and primary human tumors. In vitro, sensitivity of KRAS-mutant cells toward the allosteric SHP2 inhibitor, SHP099, is not apparent when cells are grown on plastic in 2D monolayer, but is revealed when cells are grown as 3D multicellular spheroids. This antitumor activity is also observed in vivo in mouse models. Interrogation of the MAPK pathway in SHP099-treated KRAS-mutant cancer models demonstrated similar modulation of p-ERK and DUSP6 transcripts in 2D, 3D, and in vivo, suggesting a MAPK pathway–dependent mechanism and possible non-MAPK pathway–dependent mechanisms in tumor cells or tumor microenvironment for the in vivo efficacy. For the KRASG12C MIAPaCa-2 model, we demonstrate that the efficacy is cancer cell intrinsic as there is minimal antiangiogenic activity by SHP099, and the effects of SHP099 is recapitulated by genetic depletion of SHP2 in cancer cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SHP099 efficacy in KRAS-mutant models can be recapitulated with RTK inhibitors, suggesting RTK activity is responsible for the SHP2 activation. Taken together, these data reveal that many KRAS-mutant cancers depend on upstream signaling from RTK and SHP2, and provide a new therapeutic framework for treating KRAS-mutant cancers with SHP2 inhibitors.
AB - KRAS, an oncogene mutated in nearly one third of human cancers, remains a pharmacologic challenge for direct inhibition except for recent advances in selective inhibitors targeting the G12C variant. Here, we report that selective inhibition of the protein tyrosine phosphatase, SHP2, can impair the proliferation of KRAS-mutant cancer cells in vitro and in vivo using cell line xenografts and primary human tumors. In vitro, sensitivity of KRAS-mutant cells toward the allosteric SHP2 inhibitor, SHP099, is not apparent when cells are grown on plastic in 2D monolayer, but is revealed when cells are grown as 3D multicellular spheroids. This antitumor activity is also observed in vivo in mouse models. Interrogation of the MAPK pathway in SHP099-treated KRAS-mutant cancer models demonstrated similar modulation of p-ERK and DUSP6 transcripts in 2D, 3D, and in vivo, suggesting a MAPK pathway–dependent mechanism and possible non-MAPK pathway–dependent mechanisms in tumor cells or tumor microenvironment for the in vivo efficacy. For the KRASG12C MIAPaCa-2 model, we demonstrate that the efficacy is cancer cell intrinsic as there is minimal antiangiogenic activity by SHP099, and the effects of SHP099 is recapitulated by genetic depletion of SHP2 in cancer cells. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SHP099 efficacy in KRAS-mutant models can be recapitulated with RTK inhibitors, suggesting RTK activity is responsible for the SHP2 activation. Taken together, these data reveal that many KRAS-mutant cancers depend on upstream signaling from RTK and SHP2, and provide a new therapeutic framework for treating KRAS-mutant cancers with SHP2 inhibitors.
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U2 - 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-19-0170
DO - 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-19-0170
M3 - Article
C2 - 31439712
AN - SCOPUS:85075959206
SN - 1535-7163
VL - 18
SP - 2368
EP - 2380
JO - Molecular cancer therapeutics
JF - Molecular cancer therapeutics
IS - 12
ER -