Paradoxical Activation of Oncogenic Signaling as a Cancer Treatment Strategy

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Dias, Matheus Henrique ; Friskes, Anoek ; Wang, Siying ; Neto, Joao M. Fernandes ; van Gemert, Frank ; Mourragui, Soufiane ; Papagianni, Chrysa ; Kuiken, Hendrik J. ; Mainardi, Sara ; Alvarez-Villanueva, Daniel ; Lieftink, Cor ; Morris, Ben ; Dekker, Anna ; van Dijk, Emma ; Wilms, Lieke H. S. ; da Silva, Marcelo S. ; Jansen, Robin A. ; Mulero-Sanchez, Antonio ; Malzer, Elke ; Vidal, August ; Santos, Cristina ; Salazar, Ramon ; Wailemann, Rosangela A. M. ; Torres, Thompson E. P. ; De Conti, Giulia ; Raaijmakers, Jonne A. ; Snaebjornsson, Petur ; Yuan, Shengxian ; Qin, Wenxin ; Kovach, John S. ; Armelin, Hugo A. ; te Riele, Hein ; van Oudenaarden, Alexander ; Jin, Haojie ; Beijersbergen, Roderick L. ; Villanueva, Alberto ; Medema, Rene H. ; Bernards, Rene

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: CANCER DISCOVERY; v. 14, n. 7, p. 26-pg., 2024-07-01.

Resumo

Overactivation of oncogenic signaling, combined with perturbation of the resulting stress responses, is an efficient strategy to kill cancer cells and selects for drug resistance characterized by suppression of oncogenic capacity. Cancer homeostasis depends on a balance between activated oncogenic pathways driving tumorigenesis and engagement of stress response programs that counteract the inherent toxicity of such aberrant signaling. Although inhibition of oncogenic signaling pathways has been explored extensively, there is increasing evidence that overactivation of the same pathways can also disrupt cancer homeostasis and cause lethality. We show here that inhibition of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) hyperactivates multiple oncogenic pathways and engages stress responses in colon cancer cells. Genetic and compound screens identify combined inhibition of PP2A and WEE1 as synergistic in multiple cancer models by collapsing DNA replication and triggering premature mitosis followed by cell death. This combination also suppressed the growth of patient-derived tumors in vivo. Remarkably, acquired resistance to this drug combination suppressed the ability of colon cancer cells to form tumors in vivo. Our data suggest that paradoxical activation of oncogenic signaling can result in tumor-suppressive resistance.Significance: A therapy consisting of deliberate hyperactivation of oncogenic signaling combined with perturbation of the stress responses that result from this is very effective in animal models of colon cancer. Resistance to this therapy is associated with loss of oncogenic signaling and reduced oncogenic capacity, indicative of tumor-suppressive drug resistance. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/07467-1 - CeTICS - Centro de Toxinas, Imuno-Resposta e Sinalização Celular
• Beneficiário: Hugo Aguirre Armelin
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Centros de Pesquisa, Inovação e Difusão - CEPIDs
• Processo FAPESP: 19/10753-2 - Investigação do papel dos pirofosfatos de inositol (PP-IPs) em vias de reparo de DNA e dinâmica dos telômeros utilizando tripanossomatídeos como modelo
• Beneficiário: Marcelo Santos da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores
• Processo FAPESP: 20/10277-3 - Investigação do papel dos pirofosfatos de inositol (PP-IPs) em vias de reparo de DNA e dinâmica dos telômeros utilizando tripanossomatídeos como modelo
• Beneficiário: Marcelo Santos da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Jovens Pesquisadores