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CANCER RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 2, Issue 5, Pages 342-352Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-21-0176
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- NIH [R37CA215427]
- SKY Foundation
- Perri Family Foundation
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The XPO1 inhibitor can enhance the anticancer activity of KRAS G12C inhibitors in preclinical cancer models. The combination treatment synergistically inhibits the proliferation of KRAS G12C mutant cancer cells and reduces tumor burden, leading to improved survival in vivo.
The identification of molecules that can bind covalently to KRAS G12C and lock it in an inactive GDP-bound conformation has opened the door to targeting KRAS G12C selectively. These agents have shown promise in preclinical tumor models and clinical trials. FDA has recently granted approval to sotorasib for KRAS G12C-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, patients receiving these agents as monotherapy generally develop drug resistance over time. This necessitates the development of multi-targeted approaches that can potentially sensitize tumors to KRAS inhibitors. We generated KRAS G12C inhibitor-resistant cell lines and observed that they exhibit sensitivity toward selinexor, a selective inhibitor of nuclear export protein exportin 1 (XPO1), as a single agent. KRAS G12C inhibitors in combination with selinexor suppressed the proliferation of KRAS G12C-mutant cancer cell lines in a synergistic manner. Moreover, combined treatment of selinexor with KRAS G12C inhibitors resulted in enhanced spheroid disintegration, reduction in the number and size of colonies formed by G12C-mutant cancer cells. Mechanistically, the combination of selinexor with KRAS G12C inhibitors suppressed cell growth signaling and downregulated the expression of cell-cycle markers, KRAS and NF -KB as well as increased nuclear accumulation of tumor suppressor protein Rb. In an in vivo KRAS G12C cell-derived xenograft model, oral administration of a combination of selinexor and sotorasib was demonstrated to reduce tumor burden and enhance survival. In conclusion, we have shown that the nuclear transport protein XPO1 inhibitor can enhance the anticancer activity of KRAS G12C inhibitors in preclinical cancer models.
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