Critical role for transcriptional repressor Snail2 in transformation by oncogenic RAS in colorectal carcinoma cells
Critical role for transcriptional repressor Snail2 in transformation by oncogenic RAS in colorectal carcinoma cells
Activating mutations in the KRAS gene are among the most prevalent genetic changes in human cancers. To identify synthetic lethal interactions in cancer cells harbouring mutant KRAS, we performed a large-scale screen in isogenic paired colon cancer cell lines that differ by a single allele of mutant KRAS using an inducible short hairpin RNA interference library. Snail2, a zinc finger transcriptional repressor encoded by the SNAI2 gene, was found to be selectively required for the long-term survival of cancer cells with mutant KRAS that have undergone epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), a transdifferentiation event that is frequently seen in advanced tumours and is promoted by RAS activation. Snail2 expression is regulated by the RAS pathway and is required for EMT. Our findings support Snail2 as a possible target for the treatment of the broad spectrum of human cancers of epithelial origin with mutant RAS that have undergone EMT and are characterized by a high degree of chemoresistance and radioresistance.
KRAS, synthetic lethal, oncogene addiction, epithelial–mesenchymal transition
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Wang, Y.
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Ngo, V.N.
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Yang, Y.
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Wright, G.
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Staudt, L.M.
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Downward, J.
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19 August 2010
Wang, Y.
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Ngo, V.N.
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Yang, Y.
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Wright, G.
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Staudt, L.M.
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Wang, Y., Ngo, V.N., Marani, M., Yang, Y., Wright, G., Staudt, L.M. and Downward, J.
(2010)
Critical role for transcriptional repressor Snail2 in transformation by oncogenic RAS in colorectal carcinoma cells.
Oncogene, 29 (33), .
(doi:10.1038/onc.2010.218).
Abstract
Activating mutations in the KRAS gene are among the most prevalent genetic changes in human cancers. To identify synthetic lethal interactions in cancer cells harbouring mutant KRAS, we performed a large-scale screen in isogenic paired colon cancer cell lines that differ by a single allele of mutant KRAS using an inducible short hairpin RNA interference library. Snail2, a zinc finger transcriptional repressor encoded by the SNAI2 gene, was found to be selectively required for the long-term survival of cancer cells with mutant KRAS that have undergone epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), a transdifferentiation event that is frequently seen in advanced tumours and is promoted by RAS activation. Snail2 expression is regulated by the RAS pathway and is required for EMT. Our findings support Snail2 as a possible target for the treatment of the broad spectrum of human cancers of epithelial origin with mutant RAS that have undergone EMT and are characterized by a high degree of chemoresistance and radioresistance.
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Accepted/In Press date: 6 May 2010
e-pub ahead of print date: 21 June 2010
Published date: 19 August 2010
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KRAS, synthetic lethal, oncogene addiction, epithelial–mesenchymal transition
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