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RasGRP3 Mediates MAPK Pathway Activation in GNAQ Mutant Uveal Melanoma.


ABSTRACT: Constitutive activation of G?q signaling by mutations in GNAQ or GNA11 occurs in over 80% of uveal melanomas (UMs) and activates MAPK. Protein kinase C (PKC) has been implicated as a link, but the mechanistic details remained unclear. We identified PKC ? and ? as required and sufficient to activate MAPK in GNAQ mutant melanomas. MAPK activation depends on Ras and is caused by RasGRP3, which is significantly and selectively overexpressed in response to GNAQ/11 mutation in UM. RasGRP3 activation occurs via PKC ?- and ?-dependent phosphorylation and PKC-independent, DAG-mediated membrane recruitment, possibly explaining the limited effect of PKC inhibitors to durably suppress MAPK in UM. The findings nominate RasGRP3 as a therapeutic target for cancers driven by oncogenic GNAQ/11.

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5499527 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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RasGRP3 Mediates MAPK Pathway Activation in GNAQ Mutant Uveal Melanoma.

Chen Xu X   Wu Qiuxia Q   Depeille Philippe P   Chen Peirong P   Thornton Sophie S   Kalirai Helen H   Coupland Sarah E SE   Roose Jeroen P JP   Bastian Boris C BC  

Cancer cell 20170501 5


Constitutive activation of Gαq signaling by mutations in GNAQ or GNA11 occurs in over 80% of uveal melanomas (UMs) and activates MAPK. Protein kinase C (PKC) has been implicated as a link, but the mechanistic details remained unclear. We identified PKC δ and ɛ as required and sufficient to activate MAPK in GNAQ mutant melanomas. MAPK activation depends on Ras and is caused by RasGRP3, which is significantly and selectively overexpressed in response to GNAQ/11 mutation in UM. RasGRP3 activation o  ...[more]

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