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Phenotypic Characterization of a Comprehensive Set of MAPK1/ERK2 Missense Mutants.

ABSTRACT: Tumor-specific genomic information has the potential to guide therapeutic strategies and revolutionize patient treatment. Currently, this approach is limited by an abundance of disease-associated mutants whose biological functions and impacts on therapeutic response are uncharacterized. To begin to address this limitation, we functionally characterized nearly all (99.84%) missense mutants of MAPK1/ERK2, an essential effector of oncogenic RAS and RAF. Using this approach, we discovered rare gain- and loss-of-function ERK2 mutants found in human tumors, revealing that, in the context of this assay, mutational frequency alone cannot identify all functionally impactful mutants. Gain-of-function ERK2 mutants induced variable responses to RAF-, MEK-, and ERK-directed therapies, providing a reference for future treatment decisions. Tumor-associated mutations spatially clustered in two ERK2 effector-recruitment domains yet produced mutants with opposite phenotypes. This approach articulates an allele-characterization framework that can be scaled to meet the goals of genome-guided oncology.

SUBMITTER: Brenan L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5120861 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Phenotypic Characterization of a Comprehensive Set of MAPK1/ERK2 Missense Mutants.

Brenan Lisa L Andreev Aleksandr A Cohen Ofir O Pantel Sasha S Kamburov Atanas A Cacchiarelli Davide D Persky Nicole S NS Zhu Cong C Bagul Mukta M Goetz Eva M EM Burgin Alex B AB Garraway Levi A LA Getz Gad G Mikkelsen Tarjei S TS Piccioni Federica F Root David E DE Johannessen Cory M CM

Cell reports 20161001 4

Tumor-specific genomic information has the potential to guide therapeutic strategies and revolutionize patient treatment. Currently, this approach is limited by an abundance of disease-associated mutants whose biological functions and impacts on therapeutic response are uncharacterized. To begin to address this limitation, we functionally characterized nearly all (99.84%) missense mutants of MAPK1/ERK2, an essential effector of oncogenic RAS and RAF. Using this approach, we discovered rare gain- ...[more]

PMID: 27760319

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