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Molecular mechanisms of activating c-MET in KSHV+ primary effusion lymphoma.


ABSTRACT: The oncogenic Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a principal causative agent of primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), which is mostly seen in immunosuppressed patients. PEL is a rapidly progressing malignancy with a median survival time of approximately 6 months even under the conventional chemotherapy. We recently report that the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-MET pathway is highly activated in PEL cells and represents a promising therapeutic target (Blood. 2015;126(26):2821-31). However, the underlying mechanisms of c-MET activation within PEL cells remain largely unknown. To solve this puzzle, here we have utilized the next generation sequencing (NGS) based bioinformatics approach to investigate the genomic landscape of the c-MET gene and we found that there's no single nucleotide variations (SNVs) occurred in the c-MET genomic regions in a cohort of PEL samples. Consistently, Sanger sequencing analysis of frequently mutated exons such as exon 10, 14 and 19 shows no mutation of these c-MET exons in PEL cell-lines, which further supports the notion that mutations are not the major mechanism responsible for c-MET activation in PEL. Further, we found that a transmembrane receptor protein, Plexin-B1, is expressed in PEL cell-lines, which is required for c-MET-mediated PEL cell survival via direct protein interaction.

SUBMITTER: Lam BQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5392335 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Molecular mechanisms of activating c-MET in KSHV+ primary effusion lymphoma.

Lam Bao Quoc BQ   Dai Lu L   Li Li L   Qiao Jing J   Lin Zhen Z   Qin Zhiqiang Z  

Oncotarget 20170301 11


The oncogenic Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a principal causative agent of primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), which is mostly seen in immunosuppressed patients. PEL is a rapidly progressing malignancy with a median survival time of approximately 6 months even under the conventional chemotherapy. We recently report that the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-MET pathway is highly activated in PEL cells and represents a promising therapeutic target (Blood. 2015;126(26):2821-31). Ho  ...[more]

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