Activation of CD44 / AKT signaling promotes resistance to FGFR1 inhibition in squamous cell lung cancer
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ABSTRACT: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths, worldwide. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) gene amplification is one of the most prominent and potentially targetable genetic alterations in squamous cell lung cancer (SQCLC). Highly selective tyrosine kinase inhibitors have been developed to target FGFR1, however, resistance mechanisms originally existing in patients or acquired throughout treatment have limited treatment efficiency in clinical trials, so far. In this study, we performed a wide-scale phosphoproteomic mass spectrometry analysis to explore signaling pathways that lead to FGFR1 inhibition resistance in lung cancer cells with intrinsic, induced and mutational resistance. We identified a CD44/AKT signaling axis as a new and common mechanism of resistance to FGFR1 inhibition in lung cancer. Co-inhibition of AKT or CD44 synergistically sensitized intrinsic and induced resistant cells to FGFR1 inhibition. Furthermore, strong CD44 expression was significantly correlated to AKT activation in squamous cell lung cancer patients. Collectively, our phosphoproteomic analysis of FGFR1 inhibitor resistant lung cancer cells promotes a large data library of resistance associated phosphorylation patterns and proposes a common resistance pathway consisting of CD44 and AKT activation. Examination of CD44/AKT activation could help to predict response to FGFR1 inhibition and combination with AKT inhibitors might path the way for an effective therapy of FGFR1 dependent lung cancer patients in case of treatment resistance.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive HF
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Cell Culture
DISEASE(S): Lung Cancer
SUBMITTER: Hanibal Bohnenberger
LAB HEAD: Hanibal Bohnenberger
PROVIDER: PXD025389 | Pride | 2022-08-12
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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