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Cell type-dependent differential activation of ERK by oncogenic KRAS in human colon cancer and mouse intestinal epithelium


ABSTRACT: Mutations activating the KRAS GTPase or the BRAF kinase are frequent in colorectal cancer and are thought to constitutively activate the terminal mitogen-activated protein kinase, ERK. Using mass cytometry, we found graded phosphorylation of ERK anti-correlated with cell differentiation in patient-derived colorectal cancer organoids, and unexpectedly this gradient was observed independently of KRAS mutational status. We therefore investigated differentiation-dependent signal transduction elicited by oncogenic KRAS or BRAF in transgenic mouse organoid models. Reporter, single cell transcriptome and mass cytometry analyses showed that transgenic expression of KRASG12V activated ERK in a cell type-specific pattern. Furthermore, expression of oncogenic KRAS induced the formation of RAS-ERK-responsive cells. In contrast, transgenic expression of BRAFV600E triggered high ERK activity and downstream gene expression in all intestinal cell types, followed by epithelial disorganisation. We analysed signal transduction to ERK using single cell-resolved network perturbation data in transgenic organoids. Network reconstruction followed by quantitative modelling revealed that activation of ERK is shaped by cell type-specific MEK to ERK feed forward and negative feedback signalling. We identify dual-specificity phosphatases as candidate modulators of MEK to ERK signal transduction. Our experiments highlight key differences between ERK activity elicited by the BRAF or KRAS oncogenes in colorectal cancer and find unexpected functional heterogeneity in a signalling pathway with fundamental relevance for cancer therapy.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE115242 | GEO | 2019/03/31

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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