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PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Volume 182, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106323
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Metastatic melanoma
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- Regione Puglia, Italy [CUP B84I18000540002]
- Italian Ministry of Health
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The V600E mutation in BRAF is associated with increased phosphorylation of Erk1/2 and high sensitivity to BRAFi/MEKi combination in metastatic melanoma. However, a tandem mutation in BRAF, V600 and K601, leads to a different response to the combination treatment. Generating BRAF(V600E;K601Q) patient-derived organoids (PDOs) and conducting docking analysis revealed that the tandem mutation reduced the affinity for Vemurafenib. Tumor analysis also showed increased phosphorylation of Erk1/2 and activation of Notch resistance signaling in BRAF(V600E;K601Q).
The V600E mutation in BRAF is associated with increased phosphorylation of Erk1/2 and high sensitivity to BRAFi/MEKi combination in metastatic melanoma. In very few patients, a tandem mutation in BRAF, V600 and K601, causes a different response to BRAFi/MEKi combination. BRAF(V600E;K601Q) patient-derived organoids (PDOs) were generated to investigate targeted therapy efficacy and docking analysis was used to assess BRAF(V600E;K601Q) interactions with Vemurafenib. PDOs were not sensitive to Vemurafenib and Cobimetinib given alone and sensitive to their combination, although not as responsive as BRAF v600E PDOs. The docking analysis justified such a result showing that the tandem mutation in BRAF reduced the affinity for Vemurafenib. Tumor analysis showed that BRAF(V600E;K601Q )displayed both increased phosphorylation of Erk1/2 at cytoplasmic level and activation of Notch resistance signaling. This prompted us to inhibit Notch signaling with Nirogacestat, achieving a greater antitumor response and providing PDOs-based evaluation of treatment efficacy in such rare metastatic melanoma.
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