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Loss of the endocytic tumor suppressor HD-PTP phenocopies LKB1 and promotes RAS-driven oncogenesis.

Seong, C.-S.; Huang, C.; Boese, A. C.; Hou, Y.; Koo, J.; Mouw, J. K.; Rupji, M.; Joseph, G.; Johnston, H. R.; Claussen, H.; Switchenko, J. M.; Behera, M.; Churchman, M.; Kolesar, J. M.; Arnold, S. M.; Kerrigan, K.; Akerley, W.; Colman, H.; Johns, M. A.; Arciero, C.; Zhou, W.; Marcus, A. I.; Ramalingam, S. S.; Fu, H.; Gilbert-Ross, M.

2023-01-27 cancer biology
10.1101/2023.01.26.525772 bioRxiv
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Abstract/SummaryOncogenic RAS mutations drive aggressive cancers that are difficult to treat in the clinic, and while direct inhibition of the most common KRAS variant in lung adenocarcinoma (G12C) is undergoing clinical evaluation, a wide spectrum of oncogenic RAS variants together make up a large percentage of untargetable lung and GI cancers. Here we report that loss-of-function alterations (mutations and deep deletions) in the gene that encodes HD-PTP (PTPN23) occur in up to 14% of lung cancers in the ORIEN Avatar lung cancer cohort, associate with adenosquamous histology, and occur alongside an altered spectrum of KRAS alleles. Furthermore, we show that in publicly available early-stage NSCLC studies loss of HD-PTP is mutually exclusive with loss of LKB1, which suggests they restrict a common oncogenic pathway in early lung tumorigenesis. In support of this, knockdown of HD-PTP in RAS-transformed lung cancer cells is sufficient to promote FAK-dependent invasion. Lastly, knockdown of the Drosophila homolog of HD-PTP (dHD-PTP/Myopic) synergizes to promote RAS-dependent neoplastic progression. Our findings highlight a novel tumor suppressor that can restrict RAS-driven lung cancer oncogenesis and identify a targetable pathway for personalized therapeutic approaches for adenosquamous lung cancer.

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